Etymograph

English

frontalis

Frontalis comes from New Latin frontālis ‘frontal muscle’, and goes back to Latin frons.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrons‘forehead, brow, front’
  2. New Latinc. 1500–1900frontālis‘frontal muscle’
  3. Englishtodayfrontalis

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrons‘forehead, brow, front’
  2. New Latinc. 1500–1900frontālis‘frontal muscle’
  3. Englishtodayfrontalis

Linked words

through Latin frons ‘forehead, brow, front’

frond, 10 more

Today it means

noun A muscle of the forehead, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin frons / frontalis

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