English
afflictive
From afflict + -ive.
A compound of afflict + -ive
Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- ‘to strike’
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Latin afflīgō ‘strike, beat’
Latin flīctus
Latin afflīctō ‘to damage, harass, torment’
Middle English afflicten
English afflict
Today it means
adj That causes physical or mental pain.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / afflictive