Where does “affinely” come from?
affinely (English) comes from English affine, from Latin affinis, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
affinely (English): In an affine manner
Definitions
- In an affine manner
Ancestry of “affinely”, step by step
affinely traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English affine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | affine | Assigning finite values to finite quantities; Of... |
| 2 | Latin | affinis | neighbouring, allied to, kindred |
| 3 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 4 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |