Where does “broke” come from?
Broke comes from Middle English breken, Old English brecan, Proto-West Germanic brekan, Proto-Germanic brekaną, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European bʰreg-, from the root bʰer-.
broke (English): simple past tense of break; past participle of...
Definitions
- simple past tense of break; past participle of...
Ancestry of “broke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | broce | — |
| 2 | Old English | gebroc | fragment |
| 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 “broke”