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Where does “frontways” come from?

frontways (English) comes from English front, from Middle English front, from Old French front, from Latin frōns, from Proto-Indo-European bʰron-t-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰren- — project; to project; to stand out; to project;...

frontways (English): towards the front; forward

Definitions

  1. towards the front; forward

Ancestry of “frontways”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfrontThe foremost side of something or the end that...
2Middle EnglishfrontAlternative form of frount
3Old Frenchfrontforehead; front
4Latinfrōns—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰron-t-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰren-project; to project; to stand out; to project;...
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