Middle English

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Old French fraccion.[1][2]

    Noun

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    fraccioun

    1. breaking, fracture (of an object)

    Descendants

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    • English: fraction

    References

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    1. ^ fraction, n.”, in OED Online  , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
    2. ^ fracciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.