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)

to strike against
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

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