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Where does “fronte” come from?

fronte (Portuguese) 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;...

fronte (Portuguese): forehead

Definitions

  1. forehead

Ancestry of “fronte”, 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 “fronte”

  • frontão
  • fronteiro
  • defronte
  • frontal
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