Etymology of the English word refractile
the English word
refractilederived from the English word
refractderived from the Latin word
refractusderived from the Latin word
refringere (break open)
derived from the Latin word
re (back)
derived from the Late Latin word
frangere (break, shatter, crush)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhreg-using the English suffix
-ileUsage
Word found in Modern English
