fro, adverb. Away
(only in to and fro, backwards and
forwards, or of repeated journeys between two places).
In a sentence: “Thinking hard, he
walked to and fro.”
I encountered the
phrase walking to and fro in Charles
Dickens’ novel, David Copperfield. At the time of publication, in 1850, to and fro was common, but
today it is considered dated. The word fro
is interesting, as it is (almost) never used alone. It comes from the Old Norse
word frá /frauː/.
To and fro
describes short repetitive motions, a walking back and forth. So it is only
fitting that the phrase is comprised of multiple short words.
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