Where does “septifragally” come from?
septifragally (English) comes from English septifragal, from Latin frangere, from Latin frangō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.
septifragally (English): In a septifragal manner
Ancestry of “septifragally”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | septifragal | Breaking from the partitions; said of a method of... |
| 2 | Latin | frangere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | frangō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrēǵ- | to shine, shimmer |