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Where does “affär” come from?

affär (Swedish) 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.

affär (Swedish): a shop, a store; a deal; an agreement between two...

Definitions

  1. a shop, a store; a deal; an agreement between two...

Ancestry of “affär”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaffaireaffair, business; deal; belonging
2Old Frenchafairecharacter; disposition; situation; event;...
3Old Frenchfaireto do
4Latinfaciō—
5Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
6Latin-tōrius—
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōr—
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “affär”

  • afääri
  • affärsman
  • delikatessaffär
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →