Where does “frangible” come from?

frangible (English) comes from Middle English frangible, from Middle French frangible, from Medieval Latin frangibilis, from Latin frangere, from Latin frangō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

frangible (English): Able to be broken; breakable, fragile; Something...

Definitions

  1. Able to be broken; breakable, fragile; Something...

Ancestry of “frangible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishfrangibleAble to be broken; breakable, fragile; Able to be...
2Middle Frenchfrangiblebreakable
3Medieval Latinfrangibilis—
4Latinfrangeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5Latinfrangōto break, shatter
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “frangible”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- →Every word from Latin frangō →Every word from Latin frangere →