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

African
- a. 1284, 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