affront的词源

英文词源

affront

affront: [14] The present-day notion of ‘insulting someone’ has replaced the more direct action of hitting them in the face. Affront comes, via Old French afronter, from Vulgar Latin *affrontāre ‘strike in the face’, which was formed from the Latin phrase ad frontem, literally ‘to the face’.
=> front

affront (v.)

early 14c., from Old French afronter "to face, confront, to slap in the face" (13c.), from Late Latin affrontare "to strike against," from Latin ad frontem "to the face," from ad (see ad-) + frons (genitive frontis) "forehead, front" (see front (n.)). Related: Affronted; affronting.

affront (n.)

1590s, from affront (v.).

中文词源

affront：冒犯

发音释义：[ə'frʌnt] vt. 冒犯，有意冒犯；面对；公开侮辱n. 轻蔑；公开侮辱

结构分析：affront = af（=ad，去）+front（前面、面对）→当面（对抗、侮辱）→冒犯、公开侮辱

词源解释：front←拉丁语frontem（前额、前面）

同源词：front（额、前面、前线），frontal（额的、正面的），frontier（前沿、边境），confront（面对、遭遇←相互面对）

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affront：冒犯

前缀af-同ad-, 去，往。front, 向前，面对，质疑。