Where does “afrontu” come from?
afrontu (Sranan Tongo) comes from English 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.
afrontu (Sranan Tongo): insult
Definitions
- insult
Ancestry of “afrontu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | affront | To insult intentionally, especially openly; 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 |