Where does “fraktur” come from?

fraktur (Danish) comes from Latin fractūra — a breach, fracture, cleft.

fraktur (Danish): fracture (in bone or cartilage)

Definitions

  1. fracture (in bone or cartilage)

Ancestry of “fraktur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfractūraa breach, fracture, cleft
Every word from Latin fractūra