frag / fract / fring
to break
Latin · frangere / fractus
Latin frangere 'to break', past form fractus. It gives frag- (fragile, fragment), fract- (fracture, fraction) and -fring- (infringe: to break a rule). A broken piece is a fragment or a fraction.
Memory trick
Drop a FRAGile glass: it breaks into FRAGments, a FRACTure, a FRACTion of a whole.
Words from this root
- fragile (frag + ile) — easily brokenनाज़ुक, भंगुर
- fragment (frag + ment) — small broken pieceटुकड़ा
- fragmentary (fragment + ary) — made of broken piecesखंडित
- fragmentation (fragment + ation) — breaking into piecesविखंडन, टूटना
- fraction (fract + ion) — part of a whole numberभिन्न, अंश
- fractional (fraction + al) — very small, partialआंशिक, बहुत छोटा
- fracture (fract + ure) — a crack or break in boneफ्रैक्चर, हड्डी टूटना
- fractal (fract + al) — pattern of repeating broken shapesफ्रैक्टल, दोहराती आकृति
- infringe (in + fring + e) — to break a rule or rightउल्लंघन करना
- infringement (infringe + ment) — breaking of a law or rightउल्लंघन
- refract (re + fract) — to bend light, as if brokenप्रकाश मोड़ना
- refraction (re + fract + ion) — bending of light in waterअपवर्तन