Affair Definition
ə-fâr
affairs
noun
affairs
Something done or experienced; a matter or event.
Preparing dessert was a messy affair.
American Heritage
A thing to be done; business.
Webster's New World
A matter of personal concern.
What I did is my own affair.
American Heritage
Matters of business or concern.
Webster's New World
A matter causing public scandal and controversy.
The Dreyfus affair.
American Heritage
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affairsOrigin of Affair
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Middle English affaire from Old French afaire from a faire to do a to (from Latin ad ad–) faire to do (from Latin facere dhē- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English afere, affere, from Old French afaire, from a- + faire (“to do”); Latin ad- + facere to do. See fact, and confer ado.
From Wiktionary
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