英语词汇froward的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	froward
词源	froward adv. 12c., froward, fraward "turned against, perverse, disobedient; peevish, petulant; adverse, difficult," as a preposition, "away from," the Northern form of Old English fromweard (see fromward), with Old Norse fra (see fro) in place of English from. Opposite of toward, it renders Latin pervertus in early translations of the Psalms, and also meant "about to depart, departing," and "doomed to die." Related: Frowardly; frowardness. Entries linking to froward fromward adv. (obsolete), late Old English framweardes, from framweard (adj.) "about to depart; doomed to die; with back turned;" opposed to toweard (see toward)); from from + -ward, and compare froward. As a preposition from c. 1200. fro adv., prep. "away, backwards," c. 1200, Northern English and Scottish dialectal fra, Midlands dialect fro, from Old Norse fra "from," from Proto-Germanic fra "forward, away from," from PIE pro- (see pro-), extended form of root per- (1) "forward," hence "in front of, before, toward, near," etc. The Norse word is equivalent to Old English fram, thus fro is a doublet of from. fromward (adv.)fro (adv., prep.)toward (prep.)per- (1)pervert (v.) updated on January 13, 2015
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froward adv.

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