Etymology of the English word break
the English word
breakderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhreg-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*brekanDerivations in English
breakfast,
breakage,
breakfront,
breakneck,
breakpoint,
breaktime,
breakwater,
breakweather,
daybreak,
firebreak,
heartbreak,
housebreak,
newsbreak,
outbreak,
overbreak,
sunbreak,
windbreak,
jailbreak,
backbreaking,
breaker,
breakup,
breakthrough,
breakover,
breakout,
breakdown,
brockage,
tie-break,
breakingDerivations in other languages
French
break, Italian
break, Portuguese
brequeCognates
Dutch
breken, German
brechenUsage
Word found in Modern English
