Etymology

fragment

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Today it means: A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not. Full definition →

Middle English fragment ← Latin fragmentum
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  1. Latin · derived fromfragmentum“a fragment, remnant”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromfragment
  3. English todayfragment

From Late Middle English fragment, from Latin fragmentum (“a fragment, remnant”), from frangō (“to break”) + -mentum.

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