Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To have faith in (someone); to trust. · Chiefly followed by that or to: to formally affirm or promise (something). · Chiefly of a man: to formally promise to marry (someone, chiefly a woman); to be engaged to; also, to marry (someone); to espouse. · Chiefly followed by to, unto, or with: often of a parent or guardian: to formally promise that (someone) be married to another person; to affiance, to betroth.
From Middle English affien (“to have faith, trust”), from Anglo-Norman afier, affier, affyer, Middle French afier, affier, affyer, and Old French afier (“to agree to marry; to believe, trust; to assure, promise; to confide in; to pledge, swear”), from Late Latin affidare (“to betroth; to pledge faith”), from Latin af- (a variant of ad- (intensifying prefix)) + Vulgar Latin *fīdāre (“to trust”) (from Latin fidēre, the present active infinitive of fīdō (“to put confidence in, trust; to rely upon”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to convince; to trust”)).
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- Root classification mention*bʰeydʰ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionaffienenm · to have faith, trust
- Derivation mentionafierfrm
- Derivation mentionafierfro · to agree to marry; to believe, trust; to assure, promise; to confide in; to pledge, swear
- Derivation mentionaf-la
- Derivation mentionfidērela
- Derivation mention*bʰeydʰ-ine-pro · to convince; to trust
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