Where does “affetmek” come from?

affetmek (Turkish) comes from Turkish etmek, from Turkish yerle bir etmek — to destroy, to ruin.

affetmek (Turkish): to forgive, to pardon (both informally and officially), to overlook, to excuse

Definitions

  1. to forgive, to pardon (both informally and officially), to overlook, to excuse

Ancestry of “affetmek”, step by step

affetmek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish etmek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishetmekto do; to make; to equal
2Turkishyerle bir etmekto destroy, to ruin

via Arabic عَفْو

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicعَفْو—
Every word from Turkish yerle bir etmek →Every word from Turkish etmek →