Where does “affectlessly” come from?
affectlessly (English) comes from English affectless, from English affect, from Middle English affect, from Latin affectus, from Latin afficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
affectlessly (English): Without affect or emotion
Definitions
- Without affect or emotion
Ancestry of “affectlessly”, step by step
affectlessly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English affectless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | affectless | Lacking or not showing emotion |
| 2 | English | affect | To influence or alter; To move to emotion; Of an... |
| 3 | Middle English | affect | — |
| 4 | Latin | affectus | affection, mood, emotion, feeling; affection,... |
| 5 | Latin | afficiō | to cause someone to experience something; to visit, inflict, bestow |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |