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Where does “înfrunta” come from?

înfrunta (Romanian) comes from Vulgar Latin infrontare, from Latin frōns, from Proto-Indo-European bʰron-t-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰren- — project; to project; to stand out; to project;...

înfrunta (Romanian): to face; to confront; to defy

Definitions

  1. to face; to confront; to defy

Ancestry of “înfrunta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latininfrontare—
2Latinfrōns—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰron-t-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰren-project; to project; to stand out; to project;...
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