Fragment

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late Middle English: from French, or from Latin fragmentum, from frangere ‘to break’.


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Borrowed from Latin fragmentum(“a fragment, remnant”), from frangere, present active infinitive of frangō(“I break”). See also fraction.


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fragment (n.)

early 15c., "small piece or part," from Latin fragmentum "a fragment, remnant," literally "a piece broken off," from base of frangere "to break" (from PIE root *bhreg- "to break").




fragment (v.)

by 1788 (implied in fragmented), from fragment (n.). Intransitive use from 1961. Related: Fragmenting.