fracto-

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French fracto-, from Latin frāctus (“broken”).[1]

Prefix

fracto-

  1. 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

English terms prefixed with fracto-
fractoemission
fractogram
fractograph
fractography
fractoluminescence
fractoluminescent
fractomorpheme

References

  1. ^ “fracto-, comb. form”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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