English
affably
From affable + -ly.
A compound of affable + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to speak’
…
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
adv in an affable manner
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / affably