Affiliation
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late 18th century: from French, from medieval Latin affiliatio(n- ), from the verb affiliare (see affiliate).
wiktionary
From French affiliation, from Latin affiliatiō, noun of action from verb affiliō, from af- (form of ad-(“to”) before an f) + filiō (from filius(“son”)).
etymonline
affiliation (n.)
1751, "adoption," from French affiliation, from Medieval Latin affiliationem (nominative affiliatio), noun of action from past-participle stem of Latin affiliare "to adopt as a son," from ad "to" (see ad-) + filius "son" (see filial). Figurative sense of "adoption by a society, of branches" first recorded 1799 (the verb affiliate in a related sense is from 1761). Meaning "friendship, relationship, association" is from 1852.
