Etymology of the French word fracture
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 French dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in French
fracturerDerivations in other languages
English
fractureCognates
Danish
fraktur, Dutch
fractuur, English
fracture, German
Fraktur, Italian
frattura, Norwegian
fraktur, Spanish
fractura, Swedish
frakturUsage
Word found in Old French
