Where does “bresche” come from?

bresche (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.

bresche (Middle French): breach

Definitions

  1. breach

Ancestry of “bresche”, step by step

bresche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French breche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbreche
2Portuguesebrecacramp; a disease that makes the hair of goats...
3Frankishbrekua breach, break; a break; crack; opening
4EnglishbreakfastThe first meal of the day, usually eaten in the...
5Middle Englishbrekefastbreakfast
6Middle Englishfastfast quickly
7Old Englishfæstefirmly, fastly, tightly
8Old English-eforming adverbs from adjectives; -ly
9Old English-enmæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;...
10Old Norse-innUsed to create adjectives from nouns, meaning...
11Proto-Norse-īna-
12Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
13Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
14Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via Old French bresche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbreschea breach, an opening, crack
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no-Every word from Proto-Germanic -īnazEvery word from Old English -en