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Where does “afere” come from?

afere (Middle English) comes from Old French afaire, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

Ancestry of “afere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchafairecharacter; disposition; situation; event;...
2Old Frenchfaireto do
3Latinfaciō—
4Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
5Latin-tōrius—
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōr—
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “afere”

  • affair
  • nonaffair
  • cyberaffair
  • affair
  • juĝafero
  • afereto
  • aferisto
  • afervojaĝo
  • amafero
  • ĉefafero
  • aferstato
  • aferaĉo
  • afereca
  • aferema
  • afero
  • afero
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