Where does “frantume” come from?

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

frantume (Italian): smithereen; a fragment of anything shattered

Definitions

  1. smithereen; a fragment of anything shattered

Ancestry of “frantume”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfrantopast participle of frangere broken
2Vulgar Latinfranctus
3Latinfractusbroken, shattered, having been broken;...
4Latinfrangeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5Latinfrangōto break, shatter
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “frantume

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ-