Where does “aff” come from?
aff (English) comes from English affirmative, from Middle English affirmative, from Old French affirmatif, from Latin affirmativus, from Latin affirmō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
aff (English): affirmative; the resolution made by one group and...
Definitions
- affirmative; the resolution made by one group and...
Ancestry of “aff”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | affirmative | pertaining to truth; asserting that something... |
| 2 | Middle English | affirmative | — |
| 3 | Old French | affirmatif | — |
| 4 | Latin | affirmativus | affirming, affirmative |
| 5 | Latin | affirmō | — |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | în | — |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |