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Where does “afficere” come from?

afficere (Latin) comes from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

afficere (Latin): present active infinitive of afficiō;...

Definitions

  1. present active infinitive of afficiō;...

Ancestry of “afficere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “afficere”

  • affect
  • affective
  • disaffected
  • disaffection
  • affectivity
  • affectively
  • schizoaffective
  • affecter
  • affectless
  • affectual
  • nonaffective
  • disaffect
  • affecteth
  • affettuoso
  • affectability
  • affectiveness
  • affector
  • affectee
  • affectlessness
  • adfected
  • affectable
  • affectuous
  • subaffective
  • affectuously
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →