Where does “affettuoso” come from?
affettuoso (French) comes from Italian affettuoso, from Late Latin affectuosus, from Latin affectus, from Latin afficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
affettuoso (French): in a loving, tender way
Ancestry of “affettuoso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | affettuoso | affectionate, fond, loving |
| 2 | Late Latin | affectuosus | full of inclination, affection, or love;... |
| 3 | Latin | affectus | affection, mood, emotion, feeling; affection,... |
| 4 | Latin | afficiō | — |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |