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"Frail" comes from the Latin word fragilis, "breakable", via Old French frele. Fragilis in turn comes from the verb frangere, "to break". Believe it or not, frangere and "break" (and thus "frail" and "breakable") are related: they ultimately both come from the Proto-Indo-European root bhreg.

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The root of the word "frail" is from the Old French word "frail," which means fragile or easily broken.

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