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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
affricative

1879, perhaps via German, with -ive + Latin affricat-, past participle stem of affricare "rub against," from ad- (see ad-) + fricare "to rub" (see friction).

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affricative

a. Of, or relating to an affricate. n. An affricate.

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affricative

n. a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy') [syn: affricate, affricate consonant]