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Friction

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the resistance one surface encounters when moving over another
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Stage 1 of 2
frictio
Latin · ancient
"a rubbing"
a rubbing, from fricare (to rub)
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Stage 2 of 2
friction
English · 1500s
"resistance between surfaces in contact"
settled as the physics word for resistance between surfaces in contact
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