fro

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [fɹəʊ]
• Rhymes: -əʊ
• Homophone: froe

Etymology 1

From Middle English fro, fra, from Old English fra (“from”), from Old Norse frá (“from”), from Proto-Germanic *fram (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“forth, forward”). Cognate with Scots frae (“fro, from”), Icelandic frá (“from”). More at from.

Etymology 2

Clipping of afro.

Anagrams

• FOR, ORF, for, for-, orf

Verb

fro

1. second-person singular imperative of froen

Adverb

fro

1. from
   • 14^th Century, Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Knight's Tale

     That if I might skapen fro prisoun

     That if I can escape from prison

Alternative forms

• froc (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French froc (“frock, a monk's gown or habit”), from Frankish *hrokk (“robe, tunic”), from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz (“robe, garment, cowl”), variant of *rukkaz (“upper garment, smock, shirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *rug(')- (“upper clothes, shirt”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

fro m (plural frocs)

1. (Jersey, Guernsey) dress

Preposition

fro

1. from

Alternative forms

• fra

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *frawaz, whence also Old Norse frár (“swift”).

Adjective

frō (comparative frōworo, superlative frōwost)

1. glad

Noun

fro

1. Soft mutation of bro.