fronce in Middle French

Forms: fronces [plural] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Inherited from Old French fronce, from Frankish *hrunkiju (“wrinkle”) from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|frm|fro|fronce|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French fronce, {{inh+|frm|fro|fronce}} Inherited from Old French fronce, {{der|frm|frk|*hrunkiju||wrinkle}} Frankish *hrunkiju (“wrinkle”), {{der|frm|gem-pro|*hrunkijō}} Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, {{der|frm|ine-pro|*(s)ker-|t=to turn, bend}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”) Head templates: {{head|frm|noun|||plural|fronces||{{{pl2}}}||{{{f}}}||{{{f}}}s|f1accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|head=|sort=}} fronce f (plural fronces), {{frm-noun|f}} fronce f (plural fronces)

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"fronce" meaning in Middle French

Noun