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Where does “affrontare” come from?

affrontare (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

affrontare (Vulgar Latin): to hit in the face; to strike against; present...

Definitions

  1. to hit in the face; to strike against; present...

Ancestry of “affrontare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “affrontare”

  • affront
  • affronting
  • affronter
  • affrontive
  • affrontery
  • affrontee
  • affrontingly
  • affronteth
  • affrontively
  • affrontest
  • affrontingness
  • affrontiveness
  • afrontar
  • afrontamiento
  • affrontare
  • affrontabile
  • affrontamento
  • affrontatore
  • affronter
  • affrontement
  • afronta
  • afrontador
  • afrontar
  • afrounten
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