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Where does “affinitas” come from?

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

Ancestry of “affinitas”, step by step

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