a 1 f 4 f 4 r 1 i 1 c 3 a 1 t 1 i 1 v 4 e 1
11 letters · 22 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰriH-o-s Proto-Italic *frios Proto-Italic *friāō Latin friō Latin fricō Latin affricō Latin affricātusbor. English affricate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English…
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- affricate 17
- fricative 17
- caitiff 15
- fictive 15
- traffic 15
- aviatrice 14
- vicariate 14
- affect 14
- artifice 13
- vicarate 13
- affaire 13
- viff 13