frag-, frang-, fract-, fring-

(Latin: break)

diffract

diffraction

diffractive

diffractively

Fortuna vitrea est, tum quum splendet, frangitur.

Fortune is of glass; she glitters just at the moment of breaking.

fracas

1. A noisy quarrel or fight.
2. A loud, disorderly disturbance or fight; a riotous brawl; an uproar.
3. Etymology: from French fracas, from Italian fracasso, "uproar, crash"; from fracassare, "to smash, to crash, to break in pieces"; from fra of Latin infra, "below" + Italian cassare, "to break"; from Latin quassare, "to shake".

fractal

fractile

fraction

fractional

fractionally

fractionize

fractious

fracture

fragible

Related break, broken-word units: clast-; rupt-.

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(Latin: break)

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