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Where does “Fraktur” come from?

Fraktur (German) comes from Latin fractūra.

Fraktur (German): fracture; Fraktur, a traditional German subgroup...

Definitions

  1. fracture; Fraktur, a traditional German subgroup...

Ancestry of “Fraktur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfractūra—

Words derived from “Fraktur”

  • fraktur
  • Frakturschrift
Every word from Latin fractūra →