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fro

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Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
6
Letters
3
Pronunciation
/fɹəʊ/
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/fɹəʊ/ · /fɹoʊ/

Definition of fro

3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (not-comparable)From; away; back or backward.
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adv

  1. (not-comparable)From; away; back or backward.

prep

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

noun

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

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Etymology

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.

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