Where does “frana” come from?

frana (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin fragina, from Latin frangere, from Latin frangō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

frana (Italian): landslide, landslip; a downfall of a stack of...

Definitions

  1. landslide, landslip; a downfall of a stack of...

Ancestry of “frana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinfragina
2Latinfrangeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3Latinfrangōto break, shatter
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “frana

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ-Every word from Latin frangōEvery word from Latin frangere
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