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| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| fro (adv.) |
| related to Old English fram, meaning “from,” means “back, away, backwards.” It is obsolete today except in the idiom to and fro, meaning “forth and back”: For nearly an hour he walked the colicky baby to and fro. | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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