affinal

affinal

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Latin ad
Latin fīnis
Latin affīnis
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English affinal

    From Latin affīnis (“kindred”) + English -al.

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -aɪnəl

    Adjective

    affinal (not comparable)

    1. (anthropology) Of a family relationship by marriage of a relative (or through affinity), as opposed to consanguinity; in-law.
      Antonym: consanguine
      • 2018, Daniel Elazar, Kinship in the Admiralty Islands, Routledge, →ISBN:
        The names of their affinal relatives must be avoided in speaking either to a man or woman, or even when speaking in their presence.

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