Where does “fracture” come from?

fracture (Middle French) comes from Old French fracture, from Latin fractura, from Latin frangere, from Latin frangō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

Ancestry of “fracture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfracture
2Latinfracturaa breach, fracture, cleft; a broken bit,...
3Latinfrangeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4Latinfrangōto break, shatter
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “fracture

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