fractio

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) the action of breaking
 * 2)  fraction
 * 3) * 1544, Orontius Finaeus, Arithmetica Practica, liber II, cap. 7
 * "la"

- Divisio, quemadmodum et multiplicatio, aut inter ipsas tantum accidit fractiones, aut simul cum ipsis tractatur integris.