Latin

fragilis

‘fragile, brittle, easily broken, breakable’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin fragilis.

4 English words in this record descend from Latin fragilis, most familiar first.

• fragile
• frail ← frele ← fraile
• fragility ← fragilité ← fragilitās
• frailty ← frelete ← fraileté ← fragilitās

Etymograph / Latin fragilis