Where does “fraktur” come from?

fraktur (English) comes from German Fraktur, from Latin fractūra — a breach, fracture, cleft.

fraktur (English): A style of black letter type, used especially in...

Definitions

  1. A style of black letter type, used especially in...

Ancestry of “fraktur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFrakturfracture; Fraktur, a traditional German subgroup...
2Latinfractūraa breach, fracture, cleft
Every word from Latin fractūra →Every word from German Fraktur →