affront
意味
- (人前で故意に)…を侮辱する,恥ずかしめる
- 公然の侮辱
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English afrounten, from Old French afronter (“to hit in the face; to defy”), from Vulgar Latin *affrontare (“to hit in the face”), from Latin ad (“to”) + frōns (“forehead”) (English front). By surface analysis, af- + front.