Where does “affile” come from?
affile (English) comes from Middle English affilen, from Old French afiler, from Romagnol a, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
affile (English): To polish
Ancestry of “affile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | affilen | — |
| 2 | Old French | afiler | — |
| 3 | Romagnol | a | — |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | — |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |