Where does “bricks” come from?
Bricks comes from Middle English bricke, from Middle Dutch bricke, ultimately of obscure origin.
bricks (English): plural of brick; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of brick; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “bricks”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | brick | A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc.,... |
| 2 | Middle English | brik | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | bricke | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | brekan | to break |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | brekaną | to break |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrēǵ- | to shine, shimmer |
Words derived from “bricks”