User:JimWae/infringe

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infringe impinge infraction --JimWae (talk) 08:08, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * c.1467, from L. infringere "to damage, break off," from in- "in" + frangere "to break" (see fraction). Meaning of "encroach" first recorded c.1760.
 * 1535, from L. impingere "drive into, strike against," from in- "in" + pangere "to fix, fasten." Sense of "encroach, infringe" first recorded 1758.
 * 1461, from L. infractionem (nom. infractio) "a breaking," noun of action from infrang-, stem of infringere (see infringe).