*fram²

Runic: ᚠᚱᚨᛗ Pronunciation: /ˈɸrɑm/

preposition

Meanings

  1. from
  2. by, due to

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pro- (‘forth, forward’). Related to Proto-Germanic *framaz (‘forward, prominent’) whence Old Norse framr (‘forward; superior’), Old English fram (‘strenuous, active, bold, strong’), German fromm (‘good, upright, devout, pious’), Ancient Greek πρόμος (prómos) (prómos, ‘foremost one, champion, leader, prince’), Umbrian promom (‘at first, initially’), Lithuanian pi̇̀rmas (‘first’).

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