Where does “effringens” come from?

effringens (Latin) comes from Latin effringo, from Latin frangō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

effringens (Latin): breaking open or off

Definitions

  1. breaking open or off

Ancestry of “effringens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatineffringoI break open or off
2Latinfrangōto break, shatter
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- →Every word from Latin frangō →Every word from Latin effringo →