Etymograph

English

refractable

From refract + -able.

Formed from refract + -able

Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- ‘to break’

Latin frangō ‘to break’

Latin refrāctum

English refract

Today it means

adj Able to be refracted.

Sources

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