aflicão

See also: aflição

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

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

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