Etymology of the French word affiner
the French word
affinerderived from the Old French word
finderived from the Latin word
finis (boundary, end, limit)
derived from the French word
àDate
The earliest known usage of affiner in French dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in French
affinage,
affinement,
affinerie,
affineur,
affinoir,
raffinerDerivations in other languages
Romanian
afinaCognates
Italian
affinare, Provençal
afinar, Spanish
afinar
