Where does “Frakturschrift” come from?

Frakturschrift (German) comes from German schrift, from Middle High German schrift, from Old High German scrift, from Latin scrīptum, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

Frakturschrift (German): fraktur; black letter, Gothic script

Definitions

  1. fraktur; black letter, Gothic script

Ancestry of “Frakturschrift”, step by step

Frakturschrift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German schrift

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschriftwriting, script
2Middle High Germanschrift—
3Old High Germanscrift—
4Latinscrīptumtext; anything written, writing
5Latinscrībōto write
6Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

via German Fraktur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFrakturfracture; Fraktur, a traditional German subgroup...
2Latinfractūraa breach, fracture, cleft
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβō →Every word from Latin scrībō →