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Where does “affecteth” come from?

affecteth (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.

affecteth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “affecteth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaffectTo influence or alter; To move to emotion; Of an...
2Middle Englishaffect—
3Latinaffectusaffection, mood, emotion, feeling; affection,...
4Latinafficiō—
5Latinfaciō—
6Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
7Latin-tōrius—
8Latin-tor-er
9Proto-Italic-tōr—
10Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
11Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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