Where does “affrontable” come from?
affrontable (English) comes from English affront, from Middle English afrounten, from Old French afronter, from Latin affronto, from Italian affrontare, from Vulgar Latin affrontare, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
affrontable (English): Able to be affronted
Definitions
- Able to be affronted
Ancestry of “affrontable”, step by step
affrontable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English affront
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | affront | To insult intentionally, especially openly; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | afrounten | To insult, affront |
| 3 | Old French | afronter | to defy; to face; to confront; to slap in the... |
| 4 | Latin | affronto | I strike against; I hit in the face |
| 5 | Italian | affrontare | to face or confront something; to cope with... |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | affrontare | to hit in the face; to strike against; present... |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English able
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | able | Easy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to |
| 2 | Middle English | able | capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent |
| 3 | Old French | able | able; capable |
| 4 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |