Where does “affably” come from?
Affably comes from English affable, from French affable, from Latin affabilis meaning "easy to speak to," derived from Latin affor meaning "to speak to," composed of Latin ad- and Latin ad, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ád and Proto-Indo-European ḱóm.
affably (English): in an affable manner
Definitions
- in an affable manner
Ancestry of “affably”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | affable | Receiving others kindly and conversing with them... |
| 2 | French | affable | affable, amicable, sociable |
| 3 | Latin | affābilis | that can be easily spoken to or accessed; affable, courteous, kind, friendly |
| 4 | Latin | affor | I speak to, address, accost, implore; I fix the... |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |