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
- Able to break or be broken; Fragile; Something...
Ancestry of “breakable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | break | To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture... |
| 2 | Middle English | breken | to break |
| 3 | Old English | brecan | to break; to break into a place |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | brekan | to break |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | brekaną | to break |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrēǵ- | to shine, shimmer |
Words derived from “breakable”