Etymology

fricativise

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Today it means: To make or become fricative. Full definition →

English fricative ← New Latin fricatīvus ← Latin fricātus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰreyH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰriH-o-s
  3. Proto-Italic*frios
  4. Latinfriō
  5. Latinfricō
  6. Latinfrictus
  7. Latinfricātus
  8. New Latinfricatīvus
  9. Englishfricative
  10. English todayfricativise

From fricative + -ise.

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