Synonyms & related words for affricative

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Words related to affricative

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Where does affricative come from?

The word affricative breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: af-, from Latin ad (“to, against”); fric, from Latin fricare (“to rub”); and -ative, from Latin -ativus (“tending to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.