Where does “afin” come from?

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

afin (Romanian): blueberry, cowberry; relative by marriage

Definitions

  1. blueberry, cowberry; relative by marriage

Ancestry of “afin”, step by step

afin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin affinis

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

via Latin Dāphne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinDāphneDaphne
2Ancient GreekΔάφνηDaphne
3Ancient Greekδάφνηlaurel, bay
4Ancient GreekηLower-case eta, the seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. Its name was ἦτα and it represented a long open-mid front unrounded vowel:. It is often transliterated as either e or i. It is preceded by ζ and followed by θ
5Phoenician𐤇het; heth
6Egyptian?

Words derived from “afin

Every word from Proto-Italic *olnosEvery word from Latin olleEvery word from Latin ille