fracto-
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French fracto-, from Latin frāctus (“broken”).[1]
Prefix
editfracto-
- Forming terms relating to the fracture or breaking of something.
- fracto- + emission → fractoemission (“the generation of charge through the breakup of rock particles”)
Derived terms
editCategory English terms prefixed with fracto- not found
References
edit- ^ “fracto-, comb. form”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.