Where does “frangent” come from?
frangent (English) comes from Latin frangens, from Latin frangere, from Latin frangō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.
frangent (English): Causing fracture; breaking
Definitions
- Causing fracture; breaking
Ancestry of “frangent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | frangens | breaking, shattering; vanquishing, defeating... |
| 2 | Latin | frangere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | frangō | to break, shatter |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrēǵ- | to shine, shimmer |