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frango

Pronunciation: [ˈfraŋ.ɡoː]

“frango” is a Latin word. Its 4 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to break, shatter
  2. to break, shatter (a promise, a treaty, someone's ideas (dreams, projects), someone's spirit)
  3. to break up into pieces (a war from too many battles, a nation)
  4. to reduce, weaken (one's desires, a nation)

In Latin

  1. In duas vel plures partes uno ictu.
  2. In minutissimas partes redigere vel quomodocumque dividere.
  3. multa cum vi.

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”) with the nasal infix *-n-. De Vaan reconstructs Proto-Italic *frangō and Proto-Indo-European *bʰrn̥ǵ-, but since descendants of this formation are not found in Celtic or Germanic, Schrijver argues it could be a Latin innovation and suggests the original vocalism can't be established.

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