Etymology

afforce

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Today it means: To reinforce (a team etc.) with extra people Full definition →

Old French afforcer, aforcer ← Latin exfortiāre
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  1. Latin · derived fromexfortiāre
  2. Old French · derived fromafforcer, aforcer
  3. English todayafforce

From Old French afforcer, aforcer, from Latin exfortiāre, from fortis (“strong”). By surface analysis af- + force.

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