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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FRO, adv. [In some languages it is a prefix, having the force of a negative.]
From; away; back or backward; as in the phrase, to and fro, that is, to and from, forward or toward and backward, hither and thither.

Merriam Webster's

I. preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse fr?; akin to Old English fram from Date: 13th century dialect British from II. adverb Date: 14th century back, away — used in the phrase to and fro

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adv. back (now only in to and fro: see TO). Etymology: ME f. ON frá FROM

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fro Fro (fr[=o]), adv. [OE. fra, fro, adv. & prep., Icel. fr[=a], akin to Dan. fra from, E. from. See From.] From; away; back or backward; -- now used only in opposition to the word to, in the phrase to and fro, that is, to and from. See To and fro under To. --Milton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fro Fro, prep. From. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

to and fro: see to

Moby Thesaurus

a rebours, a reculons, against the grain, anticlockwise, arear, ass-backwards, astern, away, back, backward, backwards, counterclockwise, hindward, hindwards, in reverse, rearward, rearwards, retrad, widdershins