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Where does “affecter” come from?

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

affecter (French): to feign, affect; to allocate , assign; to...

Definitions

  1. to feign, affect; to allocate , assign; to...

Ancestry of “affecter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaffectō—
2Proto-Italic*adfaktāō—

Words derived from “affecter”

  • affectataire
  • réaffecter
  • affectable
  • afekcii
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