Etymology

infrangible

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Today it means: Unbreakable, indestructible, or very difficult to break. Full definition →

Middle French infrangible ← Old French infrangible ← Medieval Latin in-
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromfrangō“to break”
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromin-“not”
  3. Old French · derived frominfrangible
  4. Middle French · borrowed frominfrangible
  5. English todayinfrangible

From Middle French infrangible, from Old French infrangible, from Medieval Latin in- (“not”) + frangibilis, from Latin frangō (“to break”).

Words from the same roots

Medieval Latinin- all →

installment

Latinfrangō all →

fret

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.