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Where does “fronts” come from?

fronts (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European bʰrónts, from Proto-Indo-European bʰren- — project; to project; to stand out; to project;...

Ancestry of “fronts”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrónts—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰren-project; to project; to stand out; to project;...

Words derived from “fronts”

  • front
  • frontier
  • confront
  • frontal
  • prefrontal
  • affront
  • waterfront
  • fronting
  • frontispiece
  • frontline
  • frontage
  • storefront
  • wavefront
  • orbitofrontal
  • frontiersman
  • frond
  • beachfront
  • riverfront
  • seafront
  • lakefront
  • frontalis
  • oceanfront
  • battlefront
  • frontally
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