## Meanings
1. A secret romantic or sexual relationship, usually involving someone who is married.
2. An event or situation, especially a public or organized one.
3. A matter or piece of business that needs to be dealt with.

## Examples
- He left his wife after she found out about his affair.
- The wedding was a grand affair with hundreds of guests.
- Sorting out the inheritance turned into a difficult affair.

## Derived Forms
- affairette
- affairless
- cyberaffair
- nonaffair

## Related Forms
- liaison

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: afere
- Root: afaire
- Root: ad-
- Root: *dʰeh₁-

## Etymology
From Middle English afere, affere, from Old French afaire, from a- + faire (“to do”), from Latin ad- + facere (“to do”). See fact, and compare ado.

## AI Etymology
Affair comes from Middle English afere, affere, from Old French afaire, from a- plus faire (“to do”), from Latin ad- plus facere (“to do”). Compare fact, and compare ado. The historical line also includes Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix.

## Topics
- Family & Relationships

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