break etymology

Etymology:

• Middle English: breken, breken
• Old English: brecan
• Proto-Germanic: brekan
• Proto-Indo-European: bʰreǵ-/bʰreg- ("to break")

Meaning:

• To forcibly separate into pieces or parts
• To cause to cease functioning or existing
• To violate or disregard (a law, rule, promise etc.)
• To tame or subdue

Origin:

The word "break" comes from the Proto-Indo-European root bʰreǵ-/bʰreg-, which means "to break." This root is also found in other Indo-European languages, such as Sanskrit bhr̥ś ("to break"), Greek rhēgnúnai ("to break"), Latin frangere ("to break"), and Irish briseadh ("to break").

Examples:

• The glass bottle broke into a thousand pieces.
• The car broke down in the middle of the road.
• He broke the law when he stole the car.
• The trainer broke the horse to saddle and bridle.

break relate terms

• brake

  Etymology The word brake has several etymological origins German brechen meaning

• break

  Etymology Middle English breken breken Old English brecan Proto Germanic brekan Pro

• breach

  Etymology Old French breche from Late Latin brecha from Celtic of unknown origin M

• break

  Etymology Middle English breken breken Old English brecan Proto Germanic brekan Pro

• brick

  Etymology The word brick comes from the Middle English word brike which itself is d

• broken

  Etymology Broken comes from the Old English word brocen which meant to break shatt

• bread

  Etymology The word bread originates from the Middle English word bred which is deriv

• interrupt

  Etymology Latin interrumpere inter meaning between rumpere meaning to break

• refrain

  Etymology Old French refraindre Medieval Latin refrangere Latin re back frang

• disruption

  Etymology Middle English disruptioun from Old French disruption from Latin disruptio

• brittle

  Etymology Old English brytta breakable frail Proto West Germanic brittilaz Proto

• interjection

  Etymology Interjection comes from the Latin word interiectio meaning something throw

• change

  Etymology Etymology is the study of the origin and development of words It traces words

• outstrip

  Etymology Old English ūtstrypan to surpass Proto Germanic ūz straipjan to ste