affliction

The story

1. Latin · derived fromafflīctō“to damage, harass, torment”
2. Latin · derived fromafflīctiōnem“pain, suffering, torment”
3. Old French · derived fromafliction
4. Middle English · inherited fromaffliction
5. English todayaffliction

From Middle English affliction, affliccioun, from Old French afliction, borrowed from Latin afflīctiōnem (“pain, suffering, torment”), from Latin afflīctō (“to damage, harass, torment”), from ad- + flīctus, past participle of afflīgō (“strike, beat”), from ad- + flīgō (“strike”) (whence af-). By surface analysis, afflict + -ion.

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