aflicão
See also: aflição
Old Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin āfricānus (“African”). This is the only attested form, but the -l- is a glaring hypercorrection. The expected form is *afrigão. Doublet of africano.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.fli.ˈkã.u/
Adjective
aflicão
- African
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 385 (facsimile):
- os mouros deſpanne os aflicaos.
- the Moors of Iberia and of Africa
- os mouros deſpanne os aflicaos.
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