The story
- Latin · derived fromfīdere
- Medieval Latin · derived fromaffīdāre
- Middle French · derived fromaffiance
- English todayaffiance
From Middle French affiance, from affier (from Medieval Latin affīdāre, from *fīdāre, from Latin fīdere) + -ance.
Words from the same roots
Latinfīdere all →
affy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.