affiliate English · revision 10624

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1761|origins=la-med affiliare}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: verb: /əˈfɪl.i.eɪt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la-med|affīliātus]], past participle of affīliāre, to adopt as a son,^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) from ad-, to, and fīlius, son (see [[filial]]),^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(Cresswell 2021) probably after French affilier.^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To attach a smaller institution to a larger one as a branch, to bring into close association: 1761.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense to adopt as a child (1797) was always used figuratively of a parent institution taking in another;^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) Word Origins compares the idea of parent and child companies.^(Cresswell 2021) In law, to fix the paternity of an illegitimate child on a father is from 1834.^(OED 1989) The intransitive use, to associate oneself with, is from 1860.^(OED 1989) The noun, an affiliated person or organization, is from 1846, through the adjective;^(Etymonline) ''affiliated society'' is attested from 1795.^(Etymonline) ''Affiliation'' is from the 18th century.^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1761 – to attach to a larger body.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1795 – affiliated society.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1834 – to fix paternity (law).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1846 – an affiliate (noun).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To bring into close connection with a larger body as a member or [[branch]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To associate oneself with a group or organization.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A person or organization closely connected with another, as a [[subsidiary]] or member.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[affiliation]]

+ * [[nonaffiliate]]

+ * [[disaffiliate]]

+ * [[reaffiliate]]

+ * [[unaffiliated]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[filial]]

+ * [[associate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}