# fro

> English word · Adverb · IPA /fɹəʊ/ · frequency rank #19,093

## Definitions
1. From; away; back or backward.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **fu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fro-vs-fu)
- **FS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fro-vs-fs)
- **FW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fro-vs-fw)
- **fy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fro-vs-fy)
- **fun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fro-vs-fun)
- **fur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fro-vs-fur)
- **fry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fro-vs-fry)
- **FYI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fro-vs-fyi)
- **FTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fro-vs-ftc)
- **FSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fro-vs-fsa)
- **FTP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fro-vs-ftp)
- **FTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fro-vs-fta)
- **FSB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fro-vs-fsb)
- **FTW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fro-vs-ftw)
- **FTL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fro-vs-ftl)
- **FTE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fro-vs-fte)
- **fut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fro-vs-fut)
- **from** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fro-vs-from)
- **fury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fro-vs-fury)
- **frog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fro-vs-frog)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/fro