Where does “fragile” come from?

fragile (Middle French) comes from Latin fragilis, from Proto-Italic fragelis.

Ancestry of “fragile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfragilisfragile, brittle, easily broken, breakable; weak,...
2Proto-Italicfragelis—

Words derived from “fragile”

Every word from Proto-Italic fragelis →Every word from Latin fragilis →
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