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Where does “fronter” come from?

fronter (Old French) comes 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;...

Ancestry of “fronter”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fronter”

  • frontier
  • frontiersman
  • transfrontier
  • frontierswoman
  • frontierman
  • frontierless
  • frontierlike
  • frontiered
  • frontiersmanship
  • nonfrontier
  • cyberfrontier
  • frontierwoman
  • e-frontier
  • thuisfront
  • front
  • frontmentaliteit
  • frounter
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