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fro¹

  • /fɹəʊ/ UK
  • /fɹoʊ/ US

Sounds like 'fro, froe · Rhymes with -əʊ

Where it comes from

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.

adverb

  1. not comparable From; away; back or backward.

preposition

  1. obsolete From. The preest that hawkys so, All grace is far hym fro.

fro²

  • /fɹəʊ/ UK
  • /fɹoʊ/ US

Sounds like 'fro, froe · Rhymes with -əʊ

Where it comes from

Clipping of afro.

noun fros · 'fro

  1. abbreviation, clipping, slang Clipping of afro (hairstyle).

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: backwards, back, category, out, backward, forth, away, off, outwards, outward, apart, yonder, thence, hence, abroad, afar

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"fro." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fro. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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fro. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fro

Chicago

"fro." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fro.

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@misc{fro_2026,
  title = {fro},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fro},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}