Where does “fracture” come from?

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

fracture (Latin): vocative masculine singular of frāctūrus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of frāctūrus

Ancestry of “fracture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfracturusabout to break, shatter; about to vanquish,...
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 fracturus →