Latin

frangō

‘to break, shatter’

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

27 English words in this record descend from Latin frangō, most familiar first.

• fragile ← fragilis
• fracture ← frāctūra ← frāctūrus
• refrain ← refraindre
• fragment ← fragmentum
• fret ← frēten ← freté
• diffraction ← diffrāctiō ← diffrāctus ← diffringo
• infringe ← īnfringō
• fractal ← fractus
• infraction ← infractio ← infractum
• refractory ← refractārius ← refrāctus ← refringō
• refraction ← refrāctiō ← refringō
• refract ← refrāctum

More words from frangō

• frangible
• fraktur
• anfractuosity
• anfractuous
• anfracture
• fractus
• fragor
• frazione
• frangent
• fract
• infrangible
• infract
• refringence
• retrofract
• septifragal

Etymograph / Latin frangō