frail
weak and easily damaged or broken
Root
- fract / frag: break, break back, shatter, or become breakable
Other words with the fract / frag root
Frail is the everyday human form of fragile: strength has become breakable.
After the illness he looked frail but walked every morning.
Frail and fragile keep the same breakable feeling. Frailty turns that weakness into a condition.