Where does “fraction” come from?
Fraction comes from Middle English fraccioun, from Old French fraction, from Latin fractio, a noun formation from the root bʰreg- meaning to break.
fraction (English): A part of a whole, especially a comparatively...
Definitions
- A part of a whole, especially a comparatively...
Ancestry of “fraction”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | fraccioun | a breaking |
| 2 | Occitan | fraccion | a part; fraction |
| 3 | Latin | fractio | the action of breaking; fraction |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “fraction”
- fractional
- fractionation
- fractionally
- fractionalization
- fractionate
- fractile
- prefractionation
- fractionator
- intrafraction
- subfraction
- hypofractionation
- interfraction
- subfractionation
- fractionalize
- fractionary
- interfractional
- fractionization
- fractionality
- multifractional
- fractionable
- nonfractional
- microfractionation
- cofractionate
- cofractionated