overwordExplorer
LATIN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

affectus.

affection, passion, love; friendly feeling (Cas); goodwill; loved ones (pl.); disposition; condition, state (of body/mind); feeling, mood, emotion;

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[afˈfɛk.tʊs]Classical-Latin[afˈfɛk.tus]
  1. affection, mood, emotion, feeling

    declension-4 · masculine
  2. affection, fondness, compassion, sympathy, love

    declension-4 · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin afficiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin affectus From afficiō (“to affect”) + -tus (action noun-forming suffix).

verb[afˈfɛk.tʊs]Classical-Latin[afˈfɛk.tus]
  1. endowed with, possessed of

    declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · passive · perfect
  2. influenced, (having been) affected

    declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · passive · perfect
  3. impaired, (having been) weakened

    declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · passive · perfect
  4. sick

    declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · passive · perfect
Where this word comes from

Perfect passive participle of afficiō.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

affectus has 8 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

affectus studioaffectus workshello, affectus

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.