Where does “frânge” come from?

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

frânge (Romanian): to break, smash, fracture; to defeat

Definitions

  1. to break, smash, fracture; to defeat

Ancestry of “frânge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfrangōto break, shatter
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “frânge”

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