Etymograph

English

refragment

From re- + fragment.

Formed from re- + fragment

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

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

Latin frangō ‘to break’

Latin fragmentum ‘a fragment, remnant’

Middle English fragment ‘a small part or piece’

English fragment

Today it means

verb To fragment again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “refragment”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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