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