English
aficionado
Aficionado comes from Spanish aficionado ‘fan, amateur’, from aficionar ‘to inspire fondness in someone, to get someone…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁k-reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁kyétireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θakjōreconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*fakjō‘to make’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfaciō‘to make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEafficiō‘to exert an influence on the body or mind’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaffectiōas affectiōnem‘affection’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentafición‘fondness, inclination’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentaficionar‘to inspire fondness in someone, to get someone interested in something’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentaficionado‘fan, amateur’past participle of aficionar
- Englishearliest quotation 1992same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁k-reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁kyétireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θakjōreconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*fakjō‘to make’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfaciō‘to make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEafficiō‘to exert an influence on the body or mind’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaffectiōas affectiōnem‘affection’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentafición‘fondness, inclination’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentaficionar‘to inspire fondness in someone, to get someone interested in something’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentaficionado‘fan, amateur’past participle of aficionar
- Englishearliest quotation 1992same form
Earliest quotation: 1992, Rudolf Mathias Schuster, Chicago: “To the "closet" taxonomist and aficionado of nomenclatural exercises,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *θakjō
effectively, effectiveness, ineffective, imperfection, putrefaction, 63 more
through Proto-Italic *fakjō ‘to make’
effective, factor, interface, difficulty, manufacture, perfection, faction, imperfect, facet, defection, defector, effector, deface, confectionary, 68 more
through Latin faciō ‘to make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect’
face, fact, perfect, effect, feature, difficult, profit, facility, faculty, affair, infection, sacrifice, efficient, feat, facial, facilitate, defect, fetish, deficit, counterfeit, efficacy, infect, facade, superficial, facsimile, deficient, affectionate, affective, façade, hacienda, beautify, maleficent, parfait, refectory, facies, confection, efficacious, difficile, confit, affectation, 83 more
through Latin afficiō ‘to exert an influence on the body or mind’
through Latin affectiō ‘affection’
Today it means
noun An amateur bullfighter.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- / aficionado