English
affableness
From affable + -ness.
A compound of affable + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to speak’
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Latin for ‘to speak, talk, say’
Latin affor ‘to address’
Latin affābilis ‘that can be easily spoken to or accessed’
French affable ‘affable, amicable, sociable’
English affable
Today it means
noun The state or quality of being affable.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / affableness