Where does “affricans” come from?

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

affricans (Latin): rubbing

Definitions

  1. rubbing

Ancestry of “affricans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinaffricoI rub on or against something; I communicate or...
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Latin ad-
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