Where does “breakable” come from?

Breakable is formed from English break plus the suffix -able, which derives from Old French -able, Latin -abilis, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European bʰer-, meaning to carry or break.

breakable (English): Able to break or be broken; Fragile; Something...

Definitions

  1. Able to break or be broken; Fragile; Something...

Ancestry of “breakable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbreakTo separate into two or more pieces, to fracture...
2Middle Englishbrekento break
3Old Englishbrecanto break; to break into a place
4Proto-West Germanicbrekanto break
5Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “breakable

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ-