frons
Latin
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) forehead
- brow, countenance (as an indicator of feelings)
- front, facade
- foremost part of anything
- cover (of a book or scroll)
- circumference (of a wheel)
- (figuratively) outside, exterior, appearance
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *fronts inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrónts.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰrónts
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Brenda English
- frons English
- frontalis English
- postfrons English
- prefrons English
- frondeus Latin
- frondosus Latin
- frons, frontem Latin
- frons, frōns, frontem Latin
- front-, frōns Latin
- frontalis Latin
- frontem Latin
- frōns Latin
- Front German
- frontale Italian
- front Dutch, Flemish
- front French
- frontal French
- frontalement French
- fronte French
- préfrontal French
- фронтальный Russian
- frontal Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰrónts Proto-Indo-European
- brann Norwegian Bokmål
- fronde Portuguese
- frontal Portuguese
- *brandaz Proto-Germanic
- brann Norwegian Nynorsk
- steorn Old English
- front Middle English
- frount Middle English
- brandr Old Norse
- front Old French
- frontel Old French
- frontal Catalan, Valencian
- frontal Galician
- stirna Old High German
- երանք Old Armenian
- front Norman
- *stirniju gmw-pro
- brander Old Swedish
- *fronts Proto-Italic
- fron Old Occitan
- *stirne Old Frisian
- *rā́nah Proto-Iranian
- frontal Crimean Tatar
- brand Old Danish