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Where does “affrontingly” come from?

affrontingly (English) comes from English affronting, from English affront, from Middle English afrounten, from Old French afronter, from Latin affronto, from Italian affrontare, from Vulgar Latin affrontare, from Latin ad- — in.

affrontingly (English): in an affronting manner

Definitions

  1. in an affronting manner

Ancestry of “affrontingly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishaffrontingpresent participle of affront; The offering of an...
2EnglishaffrontTo insult intentionally, especially openly; To...
3Middle Englishafrounten—
4Old Frenchafronterto defy; to face; to confront; to slap in the...
5LatinaffrontoI strike against; I hit in the face
6Italianaffrontareto face or confront something; to cope with...
7Vulgar Latinaffrontareto hit in the face; to strike against; present...
8Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →