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Where does “afrounten” come from?

afrounten (Middle English) comes from Old French afronter, from Latin affronto, from Italian affrontare, from Vulgar Latin affrontare, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

Ancestry of “afrounten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchafronterto defy; to face; to confront; to slap in the...
2LatinaffrontoI strike against; I hit in the face
3Italianaffrontareto face or confront something; to cope with...
4Vulgar Latinaffrontareto hit in the face; to strike against; present...
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “afrounten”

  • affront
  • affronting
  • affronter
  • affrontive
  • affrontery
  • affrontee
  • affrontingly
  • affronteth
  • affrontively
  • affrontest
  • affrontingness
  • affrontiveness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →