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Where does “affettivo” come from?

affettivo (Italian) comes from Latin affectivus, from Latin affectus, from Latin afficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

affettivo (Italian): affective; emotional

Definitions

  1. affective; emotional

Ancestry of “affettivo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaffectivusaffective; of willing or desiring
2Latinaffectusaffection, mood, emotion, feeling; affection,...
3Latinafficiō—
4Latinfaciō—
5Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
6Latin-tōrius—
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōr—
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “affettivo”

  • anaffettivo
  • anaffettività
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