Etymograph

English

fractionise

From fraction + -ise.

Formed from fraction + -ise

Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- ‘to break’

Medieval Latin fractio ‘a fragment, portion’

Old French fraccion

Middle English fraccioun ‘a breaking’

English fraction

Today it means

verb —

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