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Where does “affinité” come from?

affinité (French) comes from Latin affīnitās, from Latin affinis, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.

affinité (French): affinity

Definitions

  1. affinity

Ancestry of “affinité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaffīnitās—
2Latinaffinisneighbouring, allied to, kindred
3LatinAd—
4Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
5Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
6LatinolleArchaic form of ille
7Proto-Italic*olnos—

Words derived from “affinité”

  • affinitaire
  • Affinität
  • Elektronenaffinität
  • афинитет
  • afinitet
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