Where does “affiliate” come from?
Affiliate comes from Late Latin filiare, formed from Latin ad and Latin filius, which derives from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁y-li-os, meaning son or descendant.
affiliate (English): Someone or something, especially, a television...
Definitions
- Someone or something, especially, a television...
Ancestry of “affiliate”, step by step
affiliate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Late Latin filiare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | filiare | to adopt as son |
| 2 | Latin | filius | a son; any male descendant; children |
| 3 | Old Latin | filios | son; accusative plural of fīlius |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | feiljos | son |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁ylios | sucker |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁(y)- | to suckle, nurse |
via Late Latin ffiliare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | ffiliare | to adopt as son |