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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

  1. Assigning finite values to finite quantities; Of...

Ancestry of “affine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaffinisneighbouring, allied to, kindred
2LatinAd—
3Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
4Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
5LatinolleArchaic form of ille
6Proto-Italic*olnos—

Words derived from “affine”

  • affinely
  • nonaffine
  • affinition
  • biaffine
  • affinization
  • co-affine
  • affineness
  • equiaffine
  • affinoid
  • centroaffine
  • électroaffinage
  • affinerie
  • affiner
  • raffinage
  • bioraffinerie
  • affinement
  • raffiner
  • raffinerie
  • raffineur
  • affinage
  • Raffinerieproduktion
  • Raffinerie
  • raffinieren
  • raffinera
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