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Where does “affronteth” come from?

affronteth (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.

affronteth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “affronteth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaffrontTo insult intentionally, especially openly; To...
2Middle Englishafrounten—
3Old Frenchafronterto defy; to face; to confront; to slap in the...
4LatinaffrontoI strike against; I hit in the face
5Italianaffrontareto face or confront something; to cope with...
6Vulgar Latinaffrontareto hit in the face; to strike against; present...
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-—
9Latinîn—
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →