Latin
frangō
‘to break, shatter’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin frangō.
27 English words in this record descend from Latin frangō, most familiar first.
- fragile ← fragilis
- fracture ← frāctūra ← frāctūrus
- refrain ← refraindre
- fragment ← fragmentum
- fret ← frēten ← freté
- diffraction ← diffrāctiō ← diffrāctus ← diffringo
- infringe ← īnfringō
- fractal ← fractus
- infraction ← infractio ← infractum
- refractory ← refractārius ← refrāctus ← refringō
- refraction ← refrāctiō ← refringō
- refract ← refrāctum
More words from frangō
- frangible
- fraktur
- anfractuosity
- anfractuous
- anfracture
- fractus
- fragor
- frazione
- frangent
- fract
- infrangible
- infract
- refringence
- retrofract
- septifragal
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Latin frangō