Where does “fracture” come from?

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

Ancestry of “fracture”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fracture”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- →Every word from Latin frangō →Every word from Latin frangere →