Where does “afină” come from?
afină (Romanian) comes from Romanian afin, from Latin affinis, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
afină (Romanian): blueberry
Definitions
- blueberry
Ancestry of “afină”, step by step
afină traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian afin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | afin | blueberry, cowberry; relative by marriage |
| 2 | Latin | affinis | neighbouring, allied to, kindred |
| 3 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 4 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via French affiner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | affiner | to purify; to refine; to make finer |
| 2 | French | a- | A prefix forming words, especially verbs, that... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |