Where does “frikativ” come from?

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

frikativ (Maltese): fricative

Definitions

  1. fricative

Ancestry of “frikativ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfricativofricative
2EnglishfricativeAny of several sounds produced by air flowing...
3New Latinfricativus—
4Latinfricōto rub
5LatinfrioI crumble, rub, or break into pieces
6Proto-Italic*friāō—
Every word from Proto-Italic *friāō →Every word from Latin frio →Every word from Latin fricō →