Where does “fracture” come from?

fracture (French) comes from Middle French fracture, from Old French fracture, from Latin fractura, from Latin frangere, from Latin frangō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

fracture (French): fracture

Definitions

  1. fracture

Ancestry of “fracture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchfracture—
2Old Frenchfracture—
3Latinfracturaa breach, fracture, cleft; a broken bit,...
4Latinfrangeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5Latinfrangōto break, shatter
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “fracture”

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