Where does “affy” come from?

affy (English) comes from Middle English affien, from Anglo-Norman afier, from Latin affidare, from Latin affido, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

affy (English): An affidavit to be signed by a contest winner to confirm eligibility

Definitions

  1. An affidavit to be signed by a contest winner to confirm eligibility

Ancestry of “affy”, step by step

affy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English affien

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishaffien
2Anglo-Normanafierto promise; to swear
3Latinaffidarepresent active infinitive of affīdō;...
4LatinaffidoI swear, I promise fidelity
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-un-, non-, not
7Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English affidavit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaffidavitA signed document wherein an affiant makes a...
2Medieval Latinaffidavithe has sworn; third-person singular perfect...

Words derived from “affy

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én