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Where does “fract” come from?

fract (English) comes from Latin fractus, from Latin frangere, from Latin frangō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

fract (English): To break; to violate

Definitions

  1. To break; to violate

Ancestry of “fract”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfractusbroken, shattered, having been broken;...
2Latinfrangeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3Latinfrangō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer
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