## Etymology
An agentive form of affect (in the sense 'to feign') + -er, from Latin affectare ('to strive after, pretend'), frequentative of afficere ('to act upon'), from ad ('to') + facere ('to do, make').

## AI Etymology
Affecter is an agentive form of affect (in the sense 'to feign') + -er, from Latin affectare ('to strive after, pretend'), frequentative of afficere ('to act upon'), from ad ('to') + facere ('to do, make'). Important recorded forms include affectare (Latin) and facere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers one who puts on a pretense or affects a manner. The wider family includes related words such as affect, affected, affectation, and affecting.

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