Etymology

affeer

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Today it means: To assess or reduce an arbitrary penalty or amercement to a precise sum; to fix the market value of. Full definition →

Middle English afferen ← Old French aferer ← Medieval Latin afforāre
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  1. Medieval Latin · derived fromafforāre
  2. Old French · derived fromaferer
  3. Middle English · inherited fromafferen
  4. English todayaffeer

From Middle English afferen, aferen, from Old French aferer, afuerer, afeurer, aforer, from Medieval Latin afforāre.

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