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Where does “afrontar” come from?

afrontar (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese afrontar, 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.

afrontar (Portuguese): abuse; to confront; to face

Definitions

  1. abuse; to confront; to face

Ancestry of “afrontar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseafrontar—
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 “afrontar”

  • afronta
  • afrontador
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →