Where does “breaker” come from?

Breaker comes from Spanish barrica, from Occitan barrique, from Old Occitan barrica, from Latin barrica, from Gaulish baril, a wooden vessel or barrel.

breaker (English): Something that breaks; A machine for breaking...

Definitions

  1. Something that breaks; A machine for breaking...

Ancestry of “breaker”, step by step

breaker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish barrica

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbarricabarrel, cask
2Gasconbarrique—
3Old Occitanbarrica—
4Vulgar Latinbarricabarrel, cask
5Latinbarrabar; barrier
6Gaulishbarrosthe bushy end

via Dutch breker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbrekerbreaker, one who or something that breaks;...
2Middle Dutchbrekere—

Words derived from “breaker”

Every word from Gaulish barros →Every word from Latin barra →Every word from Vulgar Latin barrica →