Proto-Indo-European

*bʰreg-

‘to break’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.

59 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-, most familiar first.

• break ← breken ← brecan ← *brekan ← *brekaną
• broken ← brocen ← *brukanaz ← *brekaną ← *bʰrég-e-ti
• broke ← broce ← gebroc ← brecan ← *brekan
• fraction ← fraccioun ← fraccion ← fractio
• brake ← *bracu ← *brekaną ← *bʰrég-e-ti
• brigade ← brigata ← brigare ← briga ← *brekaną
• fragile ← fragilis ← frangō
• bracket ← *braget ← braguette ← brague ← braga
• fracture ← frāctūra ← frāctūrus ← frangō
• refrain ← refraindre ← frangō
• breaker ← brekere ← breken ← brecan ← *brekan
• fragment ← fragmentum ← frangō

More words from *bʰreg-

• suffrage
• bray
• frail
• fret
• unbreakable
• diffraction
• infringe
• fractal
• breech
• infraction
• refractory
• refraction
• breeches
• brogan
• brogue
• refract
• suffragist
• frangible
• brail
• diffract
• fraktur
• brog
• braies
• anfractuosity
• anfractuous
• anfracture
• braguette
• brigadista
• braconniere
• forbreak
• fractus
• fragor
• frazione
• frangent
• fract
• infrangible
• infract
• inbreak
• irrefragable
• overbreak
• refringence
• retrofract
• septifragal
• suffrago
• suffragator
• suffraginous
• vraka

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-