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Where does “afrontar” come from?

afrontar (Spanish) comes 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 (Spanish): to face, address, tackle, meet, deal with,...

Definitions

  1. to face, address, tackle, meet, deal with,...

Ancestry of “afrontar”, step by step

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

Words derived from “afrontar”

  • afrontamiento
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