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affiliate (adj.)[affiliate 词源字典]: 1858, from affiliate (v.).[affiliate etymology, affiliate origin, 英语词源]
affiliate (n.): 1846, from affiliate (v.).
affiliate (v.): 1761, from Latin affiliatus, past participle of affiliare "to adopt" (see affiliation). Outside legal use, always figurative. Related: Affiliated; affiliating.