frangible

Meaningto break

Common meaning: easily broken

frangibleto breakSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 218 · scan

Journey through time

Latinfrangere‘to break’source
Late Latinmeaning shiftsto break → breakablefrangibilis‘breakable’source
Englishmeaning shiftsbreakable → easily brokenfrangible‘easily broken’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin frangere ‘to break’.

Roots

frangere Latin “to break”

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