Where does “fragility” come from?
Fragility comes from Middle French fragilité, from Latin fragilitas, from Proto-Italic fragelitāts, ultimately derived from a root meaning easily broken or liable to break.
fragility (English): The condition or quality of being fragile;...
Definitions
- The condition or quality of being fragile;...
Ancestry of “fragility”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | fragilité | — |
| 2 | Latin | fragilitas | brittleness, fragility; weakness, frailness |
| 3 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |