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Where does “Affinität” come from?

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

Affinität (German): affinity

Definitions

  1. affinity

Ancestry of “Affinität”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaffinitéaffinity
2Latinaffīnitās—
3Latinaffinisneighbouring, allied to, kindred
4LatinAd—
5Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
6Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
7LatinolleArchaic form of ille
8Proto-Italic*olnos—

Words derived from “Affinität”

  • Elektronenaffinität
  • afinitet
  • афинитет
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