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Where does “affinis” come from?

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

affinis (Latin): neighbouring, allied to, kindred

Definitions

  1. neighbouring, allied to, kindred

Ancestry of “affinis”, step by step

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

Words derived from “affinis”

  • paraffin
  • affine
  • paraffinic
  • parafilm
  • affinely
  • nonaffine
  • deparaffinization
  • isoparaffin
  • cycloparaffin
  • paraffiny
  • isoparaffinic
  • affinition
  • deparaffined
  • paraffinization
  • deparaffinize
  • deparaffination
  • paraffinoma
  • deparaffinisation
  • nonparaffin
  • biaffine
  • affinization
  • nitroparaffin
  • co-affine
  • affineness
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