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