Where does “affair” come from?
affair (Spanish) comes from English affair, from French affaire, from Old French afaire, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
affair (Spanish): affair
Ancestry of “affair”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | affair | Something which is done or is to be done;... |
| 2 | French | affaire | affair, business; deal; belonging |
| 3 | Old French | afaire | character; disposition; situation; event;... |
| 4 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |