Etymology

fricativization

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Today it means: The state or quality of being fricativized. 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. Englishfricativize
  11. Englishfricative
  12. English todayfricativization

From fricativize + -ation, or from fricative + -ization.

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