The story
- Latin · derived fromafflīctō“to damage, harass, torment”
- Middle English · inherited fromafflicten
- English todayafflict
From Middle English afflicten (attested in past participle afflicte), from Latin afflīctō (“to damage, harass, torment”), from ad- + flīctus, past participle of afflīgō (“strike, beat”), from ad- + flīgō (“strike”) (whence af-).
Words from the same roots
Latinafflīctō all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.