Where does “fractal” come from?
Fractal comes from French fractal, from Latin fractus (broken), the past participle of frangere (to break), combined with the Latin suffix -alis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰreg- (to break).
fractal (English): A mathematical set that has a non-integer and...
Definitions
- A mathematical set that has a non-integer and...
Ancestry of “fractal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | fractal | fractal; Synonym of fractale |
| 2 | Latin | fractus | broken, shattered, having been broken;... |
| 3 | Latin | frangere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | frangō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrēǵ- | to shine, shimmer |
Words derived from “fractal”