Frangibility
/ˌfræn.dʒəˈbɪl.ə.ti/noun
The quality or degree of being easily broken or shattered.
Did you know?Frangibility belongs to the same ancient word family as “infringe,” which originally carried the sense of breaking or violating something, as though crossing a boundary shattered an order.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰreg-
“To break, fracture, or split apart”
Classical Latin
Latin
frangere
“To break, shatter, weaken, or violate”
Classical Latin
Latin
frangibilis
“Breakable or capable of being broken”
Medieval Latin
Latin
frangibilitas
“The quality of being breakable”
17th Century
English
frangibility
“The quality of being easily broken”
Modern English
English
frangibility
“The degree to which a material or object is fragile and liable to fracture”