Where does “fraktúra” come from?

fraktúra (Slovak) comes from Latin fractūra — a breach, fracture, cleft.

fraktúra (Slovak): fracture the act of breaking, or something that has broken, especially that in bone or cartilage

Definitions

  1. fracture the act of breaking, or something that has broken, especially that in bone or cartilage

Ancestry of “fraktúra”, step by step

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