Etymology

affricate

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Today it means: A single speech sound produced combining a plosive and a fricative. Full definition →

Latin affricātus ← Proto-Italic *frios ← Proto-Indo-European *bʰriH-o-s
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰreyH-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰriH-o-s
  7. Proto-Italic*frios
  8. Latinfriō
  9. Latinfricō
  10. Latinaffricō
  11. Latinaffricātus
  12. English todayaffricate

Borrowed from Latin affricātus.

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