Etymograph

English

frons

Frons comes from Latin frōns ‘the forehead, brow, front’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrōns1‘the forehead, brow, front’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1981frons1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English frons
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1981, J. F. McAlpine, Manual of Nearctic Diptera: “In a generalized insect the frons extends from the…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrōnsWiktionary, English frons‘the forehead, brow, front’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1981fronsWiktionary, English frons. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1981, J. F. McAlpine, Manual of Nearctic Diptera: “In a generalized insect the frons extends from the…”

Linked words

through Latin frōns ‘the forehead, brow, front’

front, frond, 9 more

Today it means

noun In vertebrates, especially mammals, the forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “frons”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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