English
froward
Froward comes from Middle English froward.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500froward
- Englishearliest quotation 1470–1485same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500froward
- Englishearliest quotation 1470–1485same form
Earliest quotation: 1470–1485, Capitulum xvii: “Whan Sir Galahad herde hir sey so, he was…”
Formed from fro + -ward
Proto-Indo-European *promo- ‘forth, forward’
Proto-Germanic *fram ‘from’
Old Norse frá ‘from’
Old English fra ‘from’
Middle English fro ‘from’
English fro
Every English word from Middle English froward
Today it means
adj Disobedient, contrary, unmanageable; difficult to deal with; with an evil disposition.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English froward / froward