English
frond
Frond comes from Latin frons.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrons
- Englishearliest quotation 1927frond
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrons
- Englishearliest quotation 1927frond
Earliest quotation: 1927, Henry William Williamson, Tarka the Otter: “By the bank, fifty yards below Elm Island, stood…”
Linked words
through Latin frons
Today it means
noun The leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin frons / frond