fricate- root words — words with the fricate- root

The root fricate- comes from Latin fricare, meaning to rub. 9 words in Dendril are built from it, including affricate, affricated, affrication, affricative, antifriction, frication, fricative, frictional, frictionless. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the fricate- root

Explore words with fricate- — words containing the fricate- root and sharing its sense of "to rub". Examples include affricate, affricated, affrication, affricative, antifriction, frication, fricative, frictional, frictionless. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The fricate- root means to rub, from Latin fricare. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.