Reconstruction:Latin/affrontare

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From ad frontem, from frōns (genitive frontis), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰront-, from *bʰren- (“to project; to stand out”), or from *ser-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /affronˈtare/

Verb

*affrontāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. to strike against
2. to hit in the face

Descendants

• Galician: afrontar
• Italian: affrontare
• Old French: afronter
  • French: affronter
  • Middle English: afrounten
    • English: affront
  • Norman: affronter
• Portuguese: afronta, afrontar
• Sicilian: affruntari, affruntàrisi
• Spanish: afrontar, afrentar