Where does “fratto” come from?
fratto (Italian) comes from Latin fractus, from Latin frangere, from Latin frangō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.
fratto (Italian): fractional; divided by
Ancestry of “fratto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | fractus | broken, shattered, having been broken;... |
| 2 | Latin | frangere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | frangō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrēǵ- | to shine, shimmer |