Where does “affectee” come from?
affectee (English) comes from English affect, from Middle English affect, from Latin affectus, from Latin afficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
affectee (English): One who, or that which, is affected
Definitions
- One who, or that which, is affected
Ancestry of “affectee”, step by step
affectee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English affect
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | affect | To influence or alter; To move to emotion; Of an... |
| 2 | Middle English | affect | — |
| 3 | Latin | affectus | affection, mood, emotion, feeling; affection,... |
| 4 | Latin | afficiō | to cause someone to experience something; to visit, inflict, bestow |
| 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 | — |