Frond
/frɒnd/noun
A leaflike part of a fern or palm, especially a large divided leaf.
Did you know?Frond comes from Latin frons, meaning a leafy branch or foliage, and it’s part of a wider family of words tied to leaves, fronts, and visible surfaces in ancient Indo-European speech.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bhrent-
“a projecting or protruding part”
Latin
Latin
frons, frondis
“leafy branch; foliage”
Late Latin
Latin
frond-
“leafy part of a plant”
Middle English
English
fronde
“leaf or leafy branch”
Modern English
English
frond
“a leaflike part of a fern, palm, or similar plant”