Where does “afronta” come from?
afronta (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese afrontar, from Old Portuguese afrontar, from Vulgar Latin affrontare, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
afronta (Portuguese): affront; infamy
Ancestry of “afronta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | afrontar | abuse; to confront; to face |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | afrontar | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | affrontare | to hit in the face; to strike against; present... |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |