Where does “affrontless” come from?
affrontless (Scots) comes from Scots affront, from Middle English afrounten, from Old French afronter, from Latin affronto, from Italian affrontare, from Vulgar Latin affrontare, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
affrontless (Scots): shameless
Definitions
- shameless
Ancestry of “affrontless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scots | affront | to affront; cause to feel ashamed; cause to... |
| 2 | Middle English | afrounten | To insult, affront |
| 3 | Old French | afronter | to defy; to face; to confront; to slap in the... |
| 4 | Latin | affronto | I strike against; I hit in the face |
| 5 | Italian | affrontare | to face or confront something; to cope with... |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | affrontare | to hit in the face; to strike against; present... |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |