Where does “affriction” come from?
affriction (English) comes from Latin affricare, from Latin affrico, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
affriction (English): The act of rubbing against
Definitions
- The act of rubbing against
Ancestry of “affriction”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | affricare | present active infinitive of affricō;... |
| 2 | Latin | affrico | I rub on or against something; I communicate or... |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |