Etymology of the English word bread
the English word
breadderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhreu-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*brauthamDerivations in English
sowbread,
sweetbread,
breadbasket,
breadboard,
breadbox,
breadcrumb,
breadfruit,
breadnut,
breadstick,
breadwinner,
shortbread,
breadroot,
breadstuff,
beebreadCognates
Dutch
brood, German
Brot, Icelandic
braud, Swedish
brödUsage
Word found in Old English, Modern English
