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Where does “raffrontare” come from?

raffrontare (Italian) comes from Italian affrontare, from Vulgar Latin affrontare, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

raffrontare (Italian): To compare

Definitions

  1. To compare

Ancestry of “raffrontare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianaffrontareto face or confront something; to cope with...
2Vulgar Latinaffrontareto hit in the face; to strike against; present...
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “raffrontare”

  • raffrontamento
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