Where does “Fractur” come from?

Fractur (German) comes from German Fraktur, from Latin fractūra — a breach, fracture, cleft.

Ancestry of “Fractur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFrakturfracture; Fraktur, a traditional German subgroup...
2Latinfractūraa breach, fracture, cleft
Every word from Latin fractūra →Every word from German Fraktur →