Where does “anfracture” come from?

anfracture (English) comes from Latin anfractus, from Latin frango, from Proto-Italic frangō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreg- — to break.

anfracture (English): A mazy winding

Definitions

  1. A mazy winding

Ancestry of “anfracture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinanfractuswinding, bending; crooked, bent; bend, curve,...
2LatinfrangoI break, shatter; I vanquish, defeat utterly
3Proto-Italicfrangō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreg-to break
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreg- →Every word from Proto-Italic frangō →Every word from Latin frango →