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Where does “breche” come from?

breche (Old French) comes 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, from Old English -en — adjectival suffix.

Ancestry of “breche”, step by step

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

Words derived from “breche”

  • breccia
  • megabreccia
  • pseudobreccia
  • breccial
  • breccioid
  • brecha
  • imbrecciare
  • imbrecciatura
  • breccia
  • brecciame
  • breccioso
  • брешь
  • brèche
  • Bresche
  • brecha
  • bres
  • breča
  • breche
  • bréagbhreisia
  • breisia
  • breche
  • bresche
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