affrication

noun

af·​fri·​ca·​tion

ˌa-fri-ˈkā-shən

plural -s

: conversion (of a simple stop sound) into an affricate

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from German Affrikation, borrowed from Late Latin adfricātiōn-, adfricātiō, affricātiōn-, affricātiō "rubbing (of parts of the body)," from Latin affricāre "to rub (one thing against another)" + -tiōn-, -tiō, noun suffix

First Known Use

1878, in the meaning defined above

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