Where does “frantumatrice” come from?

frantumatrice (Italian) comes from Italian frantumare, from Italian frantume, from Italian franto, from Vulgar Latin franctus, from Latin fractus, from Latin frangere, from Latin frangō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

frantumatrice (Italian): crusher (machine)

Definitions

  1. crusher (machine)

Ancestry of “frantumatrice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianfrantumareTo break, smash or shatter
2Italianfrantumesmithereen; a fragment of anything shattered
3Italianfrantopast participle of frangere broken
4Vulgar Latinfranctus
5Latinfractusbroken, shattered, having been broken;...
6Latinfrangeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7Latinfrangōto break, shatter
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ-Every word from Latin frangōEvery word from Latin frangere