From Middle English frovre, frofre, from Old English frōfor ("consolation, joy, refuge, compensation, help, benefit"), from Proto-West Germanic *frōbru ("solace"), from Proto-Indo-European *trep-, *terp-. Cognate with Old Saxon frōvra, frōfra, Old High German fluobara ("consolation, comfort, help, assistance").
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