Etymograph

English

affective

Affective comes from Latin affectus, from afficiō ‘to affect’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁k-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁kyétireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θakjōreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*fakjō‘to make’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfaciō‘to do, make’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEafficiōas afficere, past participle‘to affect’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaffectus
  8. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500affectivus
  9. Englishtodayaffective

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁k-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁kyétireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θakjōreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*fakjō‘to make’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfaciō‘to do, make’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEafficiōas afficere, past participle‘to affect’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaffectus
  8. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500affectivus
  9. Englishtodayaffective

Equivalent to affect + -ive

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to put, do’

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Latin faciō ‘to do, make’

Latin afficiō ‘to cause to experience; to treat’

Latin affectō ‘to strive after, pursue’

Middle English affecten

English affect

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *θakjō

effectively, effectiveness, ineffective, imperfection, putrefaction, 67 more

through Proto-Italic *fakjō ‘to make’

factor, difficulty, interface, manufacture, effective, faction, perfection, facet, imperfect, deface, defection, defector, effector, confectionary, 72 more

through Latin faciō ‘to do, make’

face, fact, difficult, profit, perfect, feature, facility, faculty, sacrifice, effect, efficient, facial, deficit, facilitate, affair, feat, infection, superficial, efficacy, facade, deficient, counterfeit, fetish, defect, facsimile, façade, infect, hacienda, maleficent, parfait, facies, efficacious, beautify, confit, difficile, beneficent, confection, refectory, 86 more

through Latin afficiō ‘to affect’

aficionado, 5 more

Today it means

adj Relating to, resulting from, or influenced by the emotions.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- / affective

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