Where does “sfrangere” come from?

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

sfrangere (Italian): to crush, to smash

Definitions

  1. to crush, to smash

Ancestry of “sfrangere”, step by step

sfrangere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian frangere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfrangereto break; to press or crush
2Latinfrangeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3Latinfrangōto break, shatter
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

via Italian S

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianSsouth

Words derived from “sfrangere

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