AFFABLE: 1: being pleasant and at ease in talking to others 2: characterized by ease and friendliness
"Affable" is one of several English words with roots in the Latin verb fari, which means "to speak." "Affable" comes from the Latin affabilis, formed from the fari relative affari ("to speak to") plus -abilis, meaning "able." Some other fari derivatives are "infant," "fable," and "fate." "Infant" descends from infant -, infans, which means "incapable of speech" or "young" and is rooted in fans, the present participle of fari. "Fable" comes from fabula, which comes from fari and means "conversation." "Fate" traces to fatum, meaning "what has been spoken" and deriving from fatus, a past participle of fari.
No comments:
Post a Comment