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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adv. Away; back: moving to and fro.
  2. prep. Scots From.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. From.
  2. From; away; back or backward: as in the phrase to and fro (that is, to and from, forward or toward and backward).

Wiktionary

  1. adv. archaic From; away; back or backward. In modern English used only in the set phrase to and fro ("back and forth").
  2. n. slang An afro (hairstyle).

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adv. From; away; back or backward; -- now used only in opposition to the word to, in the phrase to and fro, that is, to and from. See to and fro under to.
  2. prep. obsolete From.

Etymologies

  1. From Middle English fro, fra, from Old English fra ("from"), from Old Norse frá ("from"), from Proto-Germanic *fram (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“forth, forward”). Cognate with Scots frae ("fro, from"), Icelandic frá ("from"). More at from. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English, probably from Old Norse frā; see per1 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • sarra Thank you!

    Nov 1, 2008

  • mollusque Are you thinking of sionnach's amber words? Nov 1, 2008

  • sarra Damn. Where's the list of "orphan" words only really used in fixed constructions? (to and fro; take umbrage — that one I don't quite agree with but it's a fair enough example for now)

    While I'm here, though… here's a charming 'fro.



    (by Matt, with whom I have no connection bar the serendipitous one of a Google Image search) Nov 1, 2008

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