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Where does “friction” come from?

friction (Middle French) comes from Latin frictionem — accusative singular of frictiō.

Ancestry of “friction”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfrictionemaccusative singular of frictiō

Words derived from “friction”

  • friction
  • frictional
  • frictionless
  • antifriction
  • frictionally
  • frictionlessly
  • magnetofrictional
  • nanofriction
  • underfriction
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