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afficio.

to cause someone to experience something; to visit, inflict, bestow

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[afˈfɪ.ki.oː]Classical-Latin[afˈfiː.t͡ʃi.o]

  1. to cause someone to experience something; to visit, inflict, bestow

    conjugation-3
    iniūriā afficere aliquem
    laude afficere aliquem

  2. to treat, manage, handle

    conjugation-3

  3. to influence, have an effect on

    conjugation-3

  4. to attack, afflict, weaken, impair

    conjugation-3
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin afficiō From ad- (“towards”) + faciō (“to do, make”).

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