The story
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Latinad
- Old Frencha
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁k-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁kyéti
- Proto-Italic*θakjō
- Proto-Italic*fakjō
- Latinfacio
- Old Frenchfaire
- Old Frenchafaire
- Middle Englishafere
- English todayaffair
From Middle English afere, affere, from Old French afaire, from a- + faire (“to do”), from Latin ad- + facere (“to do”). See fact, and compare ado.
Words from the same roots
Latinad- all →
aimachieveassurearrestaccordamortizationaccoladeafforestationassuageadsorbac-accollaccouchementad-an-animadvertappresentationar-as-at-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.