Etymology

fragmentary

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Today it means: Consisting of fragments; disconnected; scattered. Full definition →

English fragment ← Middle English fragment ← Latin fragmentum
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰreg-
  2. Latinfrangō
  3. Latinfragmentum
  4. Middle English[Term?]
  5. Middle Englishfragment
  6. Englishfragment
  7. English todayfragmentary

From fragment + -ary.

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