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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition

AFFINITY

noun (plural -ties)
Etymology: Middle English affinite, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French affinité, from Latin affinitas, from affinis bordering on, related by marriage, from ad- + finis end, border
Date: 14th century
relationship by marriage,

2. sympathy marked by community of interest ; kinship , b. an attraction to or liking for something , an attractive force between substances or particles that causes them to enter into and remain in chemical combination, a person especially of the opposite sex having a particular attraction for one,

3. likeness based on relationship or causal connection , a relation between biological groups involving resemblance in structural plan and indicating a common origin, see: attraction