aflicão

See also: aflição

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

An early borrowing from Latin āfricānus (“African”), proven by retention of the vowel -i- and lack of intervocalic voicing of -f- and -c-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.fli.ˈkã.u/

Adjective

aflicão

1. African
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 385 (facsimile):

     os mouros deſpanne os aflicaos.

     the Moors of Iberia and of Africa