Where does “afliction” come from?
afliction (Old French) comes from Latin afflictio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Ancestry of “afliction”, step by step
afliction traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin afflictio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | afflictio | pain, suffering, torment |
| 2 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 3 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 4 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 5 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Latin afflictionem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | afflictionem | accusative singular of afflīctiō |
| 2 | Latin | afflicto | I strike or strike down repeatedly, harass;... |
| 3 | Latin | afflīgō | to strike, beat, dash (against); cast or throw down, prostrate |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |