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Where does “fractality” come from?

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

fractality (English): The state or condition of being fractal

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being fractal

Ancestry of “fractality”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfractalA mathematical set that has a non-integer and...
2Frenchfractalfractal; Synonym of fractale
3Latinfractusbroken, shattered, having been broken;...
4Latinfrangeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5Latinfrangō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer
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