English
froe
Froe comes from English froward ‘turned away’.
- English1500–presentfroward‘turned away’
- Englishearliest quotation 1997froe
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentfroward‘turned away’
- Englishearliest quotation 1997froe
Earliest quotation: 1997, Charles Frazier, London: Hodder and Stoughton: “Patch shingles on the barn roof: do we have…”
Every English word from English froward
Today it means
noun A cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from a block of wood.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English froward / froe