Where does “fricativo” come from?

fricativo (Italian) comes from English fricative, from New Latin fricativus, from Latin fricō, from Latin frio, from Proto-Italic *friāō.

fricativo (Italian): fricative

Definitions

  1. fricative

Ancestry of “fricativo”, step by step

fricativo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fricative

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfricativeAny of several sounds produced by air flowing...
2New Latinfricativus—
3Latinfricōto rub
4LatinfrioI crumble, rub, or break into pieces
5Proto-Italic*friāō—

via French fricatif

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfricatiffricative

Words derived from “fricativo”

Every word from Proto-Italic *friāō →Every word from Latin frio →Every word from Latin fricō →