Where does “affective” come from?
Affective comes from Medieval Latin affectivus, derived from Latin affectus (state of mind or feeling), from afficere (to influence or act upon), ultimately traced to Proto-Indo-European roots.
affective (English): Relating to, resulting from, or influenced by the...
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- Relating to, resulting from, or influenced by the...
Ancestry of “affective”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | affectivus | affective; of willing or desiring |
| 2 | Latin | affectus | affection, mood, emotion, feeling; affection,... |
| 3 | Latin | afficiō | to cause someone to experience something; to visit, inflict, bestow |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |