Where does “affiner” come from?

affiner (French) comes from French fin, from Middle French fin, from Old French fin, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.

affiner (French): to purify; to refine; to make finer

Definitions

  1. to purify; to refine; to make finer

Ancestry of “affiner”, step by step

affiner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French fin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfinend, close, finish; end, end goal, objective,...
2Middle Frenchfinend; finish; death
3Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
4Latinfīnisend
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

via Medieval Latin affino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinaffino—

Words derived from “affiner”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →Every word from Latin fīnis →Every word from Old French fin →