Where does “Front” come from?

Front (German) 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;...

Front (German): the front end or side of something

Definitions

  1. the front end or side of something

Ancestry of “Front”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Front”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰren- →