Etymograph

English

affiliate

Affiliate comes from Medieval Latin affīliātus, from Latin fīlius ‘a son’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁i-l-yo-s ‘sucker’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁i-l-yo-s‘sucker’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fīlios‘son’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīlius‘a son’
  4. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEadfīliō
  5. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500affīliātuspassive past participle of adfīliō
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1832affiliate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁i-l-yo-s‘sucker’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fīlios‘son’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīlius‘a son’
  4. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEadfīliō
  5. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500affīliātuspassive past participle of adfīliō
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1832affiliate

Earliest quotation: 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening. […]: “Is the soul affiliated to God, or is it…”

Formed from affīliō + -ate

Linked words

through Latin fīlius ‘a son’

fils, filial, 10 more

Today it means

noun Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, such as a television network; a member of a group of associated things.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁i-l-yo-s / affiliate

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