Where does “fragile” come from?

Fragile comes from Middle French fragile, from Latin fragilis meaning "easily broken," from Proto-Italic fragelis.

fragile (English): Easily broken or destroyed, and thus often of...

Definitions

  1. Easily broken or destroyed, and thus often of...

Ancestry of “fragile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchfragile—
2Latinfragilisfragile, brittle, easily broken, breakable; weak,...
3Proto-Italicfragelis—

Words derived from “fragile”

Every word from Proto-Italic fragelis →Every word from Latin fragilis →Every word from Middle French fragile →