Where does “afinare” come from?
afinare (Romanian) comes from Romanian afină, from Romanian afin, from Latin affinis, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
afinare (Romanian): purification
Definitions
- purification
Ancestry of “afinare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | afină | blueberry |
| 2 | Romanian | afin | blueberry, cowberry; relative by marriage |
| 3 | Latin | affinis | neighbouring, allied to, kindred |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |