English
affrontery
From affront + -ery.
Formed from affront + -ery
Vulgar Latin *affrontare ‘to hit in the face’
Old French afronter ‘to hit in the face’
Middle English afrounten ‘to insult, affront’
English affront
Today it means
noun An affront
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / affrontery