| 【break】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "brecan." It carries the basic meaning of "break." from PIE *bhreg- "to break" |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "break"]
breach **[3470] A breach of an agreement, a law, or a promise is an act of breaking it.
break ****[331] When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
breakdown ☆[4853] If a car or a piece of machinery has a breakdown, it stops working.
breakfast ****[1845] When you breakfast, you have breakfast.
[WORD ROOT]root break
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] breach, break, brok
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) brecan
[MEANING]root break
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【Old English】 brecan to divide solid matter violently into parts or fragments
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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breach ★★[3470] noun
【DEFINITION】 A breach of an agreement, a law, or a promise is an act of breaking it.
【pl.】 breaches
【SYNONYM】 rift
【ROOTs】 breach(break); break
【Etymology】 《Old English brecan》 to divide solid matter violently into parts or fragments
【First Known Meaning】 a fracture, act of breaking
【DERIVATIVEs】 break, breakless, breach
break ★★★★[331] verb
【DEFINITION】 When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
【Declension/Conjugation】 broke, broken, breaking, breaks
【SYNONYM】 breach
【ROOTs】 break; break
【Etymology】 《Old English brecan》 to divide solid matter violently into parts or fragments
【First Known Meaning】 to divide solid matter violently into parts or fragments; to injure, violate (a promise, etc.), destroy, curtail; to break into, rush into; to burst forth, spring out; to subdue, tame
【DERIVATIVEs】 break, breakless, breach
breakdown ☆[4853] noun
【DEFINITION】 ① The breakdown of something such as a relationship, plan, or discussion is its failure or ending.
② If you have a breakdown, you become very depressed, so that you are unable to cope with your life.
③ If a car or a piece of machinery has a breakdown, it stops working.
【pl.】 breakdowns
【COMPOSITION】 break + down
【ROOTs】 ⑴ break; break ⑵ down; down
【Etymology】 《Old English brecan》 to divide solid matter violently into parts or fragments
【First Known Meaning】 a collapse, a falling apart
breakfast ★★★★[1845] verb
【DEFINITION】 When you breakfast, you have breakfast.
【Declension/Conjugation】 breakfasted, breakfasted, breakfasting, breakfasts
【COMPOSITION】 break + fast
【ROOTs】 ⑴ break; break ⑵ fast;
【Etymology】 《Old English brecan》 to divide solid matter violently into parts or fragments
【DERIVATIVEs】 breakfaster, breakfast
Other words containing "break"; breaker, breaking, breakless, breakthrough, broken, groundbreaking, heartbreaking, heartbreakingly
(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
bore
book
bal-, bel-, bol-
body
bite, bitter
bio
bind
bi
bene-, ben-
bell-
