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Where does “fron” come from?

fron (Old Occitan) comes from Latin frōns, from Proto-Indo-European bʰron-t-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰren- — project; to project; to stand out; to project;...

fron (Old Occitan): forehead

Definitions

  1. forehead

Ancestry of “fron”, step by step

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