Filiate
/ˈfɪl.i.eɪt/noun
To establish or adopt as a branch, dependency, or subsidiary; to make into a child or offshoot in a lineage or organization.
Did you know?It comes from the same Latin root as *filial* and *filiation*, ultimately from *filius* meaning “son,” so the word carries the ancient idea of lineage and descent rather than magic in the modern sense.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dʰeh₁-
“to suckle, nurse”
Latin
Latin
filius
“son”
Late Latin
Latin
filiāre
“to adopt as a son; to make into a branch or offspring”
Middle French
French
filiation
“descent, lineage, affiliation”
Modern English
English
filiate
“to affiliate or branch off as a subsidiary or dependent unit”