† afaitev.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman afaiter, afaitier, afeiter, affaiter, affeiter, etc., and Old French, Middle French afaitier to arrange, put in order, to make, fashion, prepare, to arrange, dispose (moral matters), to train, develop, to teach, bring up, to tame or train (an animal, especially a hawk or a hound) (12th cent.) < an unattested post-classical Latin *affactare , alteration (after classical Latin facere to do, make: see fact n.) of classical Latin affectāre affect v.¹ Compare Old Occitan afaitar (c1150), afatar, afachar (both 3rd quarter of 12th cent.), Spanish ahechar (a1385) and also ( < Anglo-Norman and Old French) post-classical Latin affaitare, affaitiare to train (a hawk or a hound) (from late 12th cent. in British sources).In sense 6 apparently by association with affect v.² or its etymon classical Latin afficere.