Where does “storefront” come from?
Storefront derives from English store and English front, with store from Middle English store, Old Norse stórr meaning large, and front from Latin frons meaning forehead or face.
storefront (English): The side of a store which faces the street;...
Definitions
- The side of a store which faces the street;...
Ancestry of “storefront”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | front | The foremost side of something or the end that... |
| 2 | Middle English | front | Alternative form of frount |
| 3 | Old French | front | forehead; front |
| 4 | Latin | frōns | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰron-t- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰren- | project; to project; to stand out; to project;... |