Etymology

microfracture

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Today it means: A very small, or fine, fracture, especially one of a series in bone. Full definition →

English fracture ← Middle English fracture ← Old French fracture
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The story

  1. Englishmicro-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰreg-
  3. Latinfrangō
  4. Latinfrāctūrus
  5. Latinfrāctūra
  6. Old Frenchfracture
  7. Middle Englishfracture
  8. Englishfracture
  9. English todaymicrofracture

From micro- + fracture.

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