Where does “breakage” come from?
Breakage comes from Middle English breken combined with the Old French suffix -age, which derives from Latin -aticum and -aticus, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European roots bʰreg- and bʰer- with the suffix -eh₂tos.
breakage (English): The act of breaking; Something that has been...
Definitions
- The act of breaking; Something that has been...
Ancestry of “breakage”, 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 “breakage”