Etymograph

English

frontlist

From front + list.

A compound of front + list

Latin frōns ‘forehead’

Old French front ‘forehead’

Middle English front

English front

Middle English lī̆st ‘band’

English list

Today it means

noun A list of the most recent books available from a publisher, as opposed to the backlist of older titles.

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

Etymograph / frontlist