afford

Signification (English)

To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough; to spare.
(obsolete) To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting or expending, with profit, or without too great a loss.
To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue.
To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish.

donner

fournir

avoir les moyens

être en mesure de

bailler

se permettre

yield

purvey

be possible

by-bid

make both ends meet

be able

endue

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/əˈfoɹd/

Inherited from moyen anglais

Inherited from ancien anglais

Cognate with vieux norrois

Cognate with islandais

In summary

From Middle English afforthen, aforthen, avorthien, from earlier iforthen, iforthien, ȝeforthien, from Old English forþian, ġeforþian (“to further, accomplish, afford”), from Proto-Germanic *furþōną, from Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forth, forward”), equivalent to a- + forth. Cognate with Old Norse forða (“to forward oneself, save oneself, escape danger”), Icelandic forða (“to save, rescue”).

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