affeiring

adjective

af·​feir·​ing

ə-ˈfir-iŋ

Scottish

: pertaining, befitting

Word History

Etymology

from present participle of obsolete English affeir to pertain, be proper, from Middle English afferen, affieren, from Middle French afferir, aferir, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin afferire, alteration of Latin afferre

First Known Use

1545, in the meaning defined above

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