Where does “affecter” come from?

affecter (French) comes from Latin affectō, from Proto-Italic *adfaktāō.

affecter (French): to feign, affect (an emotion, etc.)

Definitions

  1. to feign, affect (an emotion, etc.)

Ancestry of “affecter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaffectōto strive after, pursue, aim to do
2Proto-Italic*adfaktāō—

Words derived from “affecter”

Every word from Proto-Italic *adfaktāō →Every word from Latin affectō →