myEtymology.com: German etymology of Fraktur

Etymology of the German word Fraktur

the German word Fraktur

derived from the Latin word fractura

derived from the Late Latin word fractus

derived from the Late Latin word frangere (break, shatter, crush)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bhreg-

using the Latin suffix -al

English Fraktur, Italian Fraktur

Danish fraktur, Dutch fractuur, English fracture, French fracture, Italian frattura, Norwegian fraktur, Spanish fractura, Swedish fraktur