LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verb

affrontāre

*affrontāre

Meaning

  1. Proto Italo Western Romancereconstructionto strike against
  2. Proto Italo Western Romancereconstructionto hit in the face

Origins

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

Descendants
  • Italianaffrontare
  • Frenchaffronterfrom Old French afronter
  • Englishaffrontfrom Old French afronter
  • Portugueseafronta
  • Portugueseafrontar
  • Spanishafrontar
  • Spanishafrentar
  • Asturianafrentar
  • Galicianafrontar
  • Normanaffronterfrom Old French afronter

Quick answers

What does affrontāre mean in Latin?
affrontāre, a verb, means “to strike against; to hit in the face”.