Etymograph

English

adfected

Adfected comes from Latin adfectus, and goes back to affectus ‘endowed with, possessed of’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaffectus‘endowed with, possessed of’next step skipped: Latin adficiō
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadfectusvariant spelling of affectus
  3. Englishtodayadfected

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaffectus‘endowed with, possessed of’next step skipped: Latin adficiō
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadfectusvariant spelling of affectus
  3. Englishtodayadfected

Linked words

through Latin affectus ‘endowed with, possessed of’

affect, 3 more

Today it means

adj Having different powers of the unknown quantity in its various terms.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin affectus / adfected