Pronounced: car-PAH-choh (alt: car-PAH-chee-oh), noun
Notes: I guessed at this word, and was way off
Yesterday’s word
The word affectious means “affectionate or cordial”
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1500s
Background / Comments
Did you notice that our word contains all of the standard vowels in order? If you guessed at the meaning, you probably guessed the look-alike word ‘affectionate’. Our word came from the French language, which came from the Latin word afficere (to affect or influence).
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