Where does “affaire” come from?
affaire (Dutch) comes from English affair, from French affaire, from Old French afaire, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
affaire (Dutch): matter, issue; political scandal or controversy;...
Definitions
- matter, issue; political scandal or controversy;...
Ancestry of “affaire”, step by step
affaire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English affair
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | affair | Something which is done or is to be done;... |
| 2 | French | affaire | affair, business; deal; belonging |
| 3 | Old French | afaire | character; disposition; situation; event;... |
| 4 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Middle Dutch affare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | affare | — |