English
fractionize
From fraction + -ize.
Formed from fraction + -ize
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 To separate into fractions
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fractionize