Etymograph

English

suffrago

Suffrago comes from Latin suffrāgō, and perhaps goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- ‘to break’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰreg-1‘to break’uncertain
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuffrāgō1
  3. Englishtodaysuffrago1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English suffrago

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰreg-Wiktionary, English suffrago‘to break’uncertain
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuffrāgōWiktionary, English suffrago
  3. EnglishtodaysuffragoWiktionary, English suffrago

Linked words

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

break, broken, broke, brigade, brake, bracket, fraction, fracture, fragile, refrain, bray, fragment, fret, breech, frail, infringe, brogan, fractal, refractory, brogue, 38 more

Today it means

noun The joint between the tibia and tarsus, such as the hock of a horse's hind leg or the heel of a bird.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “suffrago”. 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.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- / suffrago

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