Where does “cryofracture” come from?

cryofracture (English) comes from English fracture, from Middle English fracture.

cryofracture (English): fracture caused by the stresses of water freezing...

Definitions

  1. fracture caused by the stresses of water freezing...

Ancestry of “cryofracture”, step by step

cryofracture traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fracture

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfractureAn instance of breaking, a place where something...
2Middle Englishfracture

via English cryo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcryocryoprecipitate
Every word from Middle English fractureEvery word from English fracture
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