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Where does “afronter” come from?

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

afronter (Old French): to defy; to face; to confront; to slap in the...

Definitions

  1. to defy; to face; to confront; to slap in the...

Ancestry of “afronter”, step by step

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

Words derived from “afronter”

  • affront
  • affronting
  • affronter
  • affrontive
  • affrontery
  • affrontee
  • affrontingly
  • affronteth
  • affrontively
  • affrontest
  • affrontiveness
  • affrontingness
  • affronter
  • affrontement
  • afrounten
  • affronter
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