Etymology of the English word fracture
the English word
fracturederived from the Old French word
fracturederived from the Latin word
fracturaderived from the Late Latin word
fractusderived from the Late Latin word
frangere (break, shatter, crush)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhreg-using the Latin suffix
-alDate
The earliest known usage of fracture in English dates from the 15th century.
Derivations in English
hydrofracturing,
fractured,
fracturingCognates
Danish
fraktur, Dutch
fractuur, French
fracture, German
Fraktur, Italian
frattura, Norwegian
fraktur, Spanish
fractura, Swedish
frakturUsage
Word found in Modern English
