Where does “afinar” come from?

afinar (Catalan) comes from Catalan a-, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

afinar (Catalan): to refine; to tune

Definitions

  1. to refine; to tune

Ancestry of “afinar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalana-a-; Used to make verbs from adjectives and nouns
2LatinAdtoward, to
3Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
4Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
5LatinolleArchaic form of ille
6Proto-Italic*olnosthat
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →Every word from Latin olle →Every word from Latin ille →