Where does “AFE” come from?
AFE (Scottish Gaelic) comes from French affaire, from Old French afaire, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
AFE (Scottish Gaelic): IPA International Phonetic Alphabet
Definitions
- IPA International Phonetic Alphabet
Ancestry of “AFE”, step by step
AFE traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French affaire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | affaire | affair, business; deal; belonging |
| 2 | Old French | afaire | character; disposition; situation; event;... |
| 3 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Polish a
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | a | and; but; and |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | a | but; and |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ō | and; but |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ōd | — |
via Scottish Gaelic Aibidil Fhogharach Eadar-Nàiseanta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottish Gaelic | Aibidil Fhogharach Eadar-Nàiseanta | International Phonetic Alphabet |