Where does “infringement” come from?

Infringement comes from English infringe, from Latin infringere, meaning to break or violate, composed of the prefix in- and a root from Proto-Indo-European bʰreg- meaning to break.

infringement (English): A violation or breach, as of a law; An...

Definitions

  1. A violation or breach, as of a law; An...

Ancestry of “infringement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinfringeBreak or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc;...
2Latininfringōto break off, infringe
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “infringement”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →