affrication
noun
af·fri·ca·tion
ˌa-fri-ˈkā-shən
plural -s
: conversion (of a simple stop sound) into an affricate
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from German Affrikation, borrowed from Late Latin adfricātiōn-, adfricātiō, affricātiōn-, affricātiō "rubbing (of parts of the body)," from Latin affricāre "to rub (one thing against another)" + -tiōn-, -tiō, noun suffix
First Known Use
1878, in the meaning defined above