Where does “affectiveness” come from?
affectiveness (English) comes from English affective, from Medieval Latin affectivus, from Latin affectus, from Latin afficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
affectiveness (English): The property of being affective
Definitions
- The property of being affective
Ancestry of “affectiveness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | affective | Relating to, resulting from, or influenced by the... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | affectivus | affective; of willing or desiring |
| 3 | Latin | affectus | affection, mood, emotion, feeling; affection,... |
| 4 | Latin | afficiō | — |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |