Etymology

affinity

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Today it means: A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing. Full definition →

Middle English affinite ← Old French affinité
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  1. Old French · derived fromaffinité
  2. Middle English · inherited fromaffinite
  3. English todayaffinity

From Middle English affinite, from Old French affinité. Ostensibly equivalent to affine + -ity. See also af-.

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