Where does “affine” come from?
Affine comes from Latin affinis, formed from ad meaning "to" and finis meaning "boundary" or "end," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeygʷ-.
affine (English): Assigning finite values to finite quantities; Of...
Definitions
- Assigning finite values to finite quantities; Of...
Ancestry of “affine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | affinis | neighbouring, allied to, kindred |
| 2 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 3 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 4 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 5 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
Words derived from “affine”