Etymology

frangent

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Today it means: Causing fracture; breaking. Full definition →

Latin frangēns
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromfrangēns
  2. English todayfrangent

Borrowed from Latin frangēns, present participle of frangō (“to break”). See fraction.

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