Where does “microbreccia” come from?
microbreccia (English) comes from English breccia, from Italian breccia, from French brèche, from Middle French breche, from Old French breche, from Portuguese breca, from Frankish breku, from English breakfast — adjectival suffix.
microbreccia (English): A breccia that contains very small particles of mineral
Definitions
- A breccia that contains very small particles of mineral
Ancestry of “microbreccia”, step by step
microbreccia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English breccia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | breccia | A rock composed of angular fragments in a matrix... |
| 2 | Italian | breccia | breach, break, gap; breakthrough; road metal |
| 3 | French | brèche | gap, hole; breach |
| 4 | Middle French | breche | — |
| 5 | Old French | breche | — |
| 6 | Portuguese | breca | cramp; a disease that makes the hair of goats... |
| 7 | Frankish | breku | a breach, break; a break; crack; opening |
| 8 | English | breakfast | The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the... |
| 9 | Middle English | brekefast | breakfast |
| 10 | Middle English | fast | fast quickly |
| 11 | Old English | fæste | firmly, fastly, tightly |
| 12 | Old English | -e | forming adverbs from adjectives; -ly |
| 13 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 14 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 15 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |