Where does “affien” come from?
affien (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman afier, from Latin affidare, from Latin affido, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
Ancestry of “affien”, step by step
affien traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Anglo-Norman afier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | afier | to promise; to swear |
| 2 | Latin | affidare | present active infinitive of affīdō;... |
| 3 | Latin | affido | I swear, I promise fidelity |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Old French afier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | afier | to promise; to swear |
| 2 | Late Latin | affidare | present active infinitive of affīdō;... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | fidare | — |
| 4 | Latin | fīdō | to trust, put confidence in |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | feiðō | to trust |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéydʰeti | to trust |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeydʰ- | to compel, force; to trust |