Fract etymology

English

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

Detailed word origin of fract

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*bʰreg- Proto-Indo-European (ine) to break
frango Latin (lat) I break, shatter. I vanquish, defeat utterly.
fract English (en) (obsolete) To break; to violate.

Words with the same origin as fract

Descendants of *bʰreg-

fret