Fragment
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late Middle English: from French, or from Latin fragmentum, from frangere ‘to break’.
wiktionary
Borrowed from Latin fragmentum(“a fragment, remnant”), from frangere, present active infinitive of frangō(“I break”). See also fraction.
etymonline
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.
