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Where does “aflicter” come from?

aflicter (Old French) comes from Latin afflictare, from Latin affligere, from Latin affligo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

Ancestry of “aflicter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinafflictarepresent active infinitive of afflīctō;...
2Latinaffligeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3LatinaffligoI strike, beat, dash ; cast or throw down,...
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “aflicter”

  • afflict
  • afflictive
  • afflicteth
  • afflictest
  • afflicter
  • afflictively
  • afflictress
  • aflikti
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →