Where does “fraktur” come from?

fraktur (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Latin fractūra — a breach, fracture, cleft.

fraktur (Norwegian Bokmål): a fracture in a bone

Definitions

  1. a fracture in a bone

Ancestry of “fraktur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfractūraa breach, fracture, cleft
Every word from Latin fractūra →