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Where does “frontal” come from?

frontal (French) comes from French 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;...

frontal (French): frontal

Definitions

  1. frontal

Ancestry of “frontal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfrontforehead; front, frontline
2Old Frenchfrontforehead; front
3Latinfrōns—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰron-t-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰren-project; to project; to stand out; to project;...

Words derived from “frontal”

  • préfrontal
  • frontal
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