fract

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English word fract comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-, and later Latin frango (I break, shatter. I vanquish, defeat utterly.)

*bʰreg- (Proto-Indo-European)

to break

frango (Latin)

I break, shatter. I vanquish, defeat utterly.

fract (English)

(obsolete) To break; to violate.

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