English
fragor
Fragor comes from Latin fragor ‘a breaking to pieces’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰreg-‘to break’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrangō‘to break’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfragor‘a breaking to pieces’
- Englishearliest quotation 1709same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰreg-‘to break’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrangō‘to break’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfragor‘a breaking to pieces’
- Englishearliest quotation 1709same form
Earliest quotation: 1709, Isaac Watts: “The direful fragor, when some southern blast / Tears…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- ‘to break’
break, broken, broke, brigade, brake, bracket, fraction, bray, breech, suffrage, frail, brogan, brogue, 34 more
through Latin frangō ‘to break’
fracture, fragile, refrain, fret, fragment, infringe, diffraction, infraction, fractal, refraction, refractory, 15 more
Today it means
noun A loud and sudden sound; the report of anything bursting; a crash.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- / fragor