Where does “afer” come from?
afer (Catalan) comes from Catalan fer, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
afer (Catalan): affair
Definitions
- affair
Ancestry of “afer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | fer | to make, produce; to make up; to do, to cause to... |
| 2 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 3 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 4 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |