Etymograph

English

quebracho

Quebracho comes from Spanish quebracho.

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentquebracho1
  2. Englishtodayquebracho1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English quebracho

Lineage

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentquebrachoWiktionary, English quebracho
  2. EnglishtodayquebrachoWiktionary, English quebracho

A compound of quebrar ‘to break’ + hacha ‘axe’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-

Latin crepāre ‘crack, creak’

Spanish quebrar ‘to break’

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kop- ‘to strike, beat’

Proto-Germanic *hapjǭ

Frankish *happjā

Vulgar Latin *happia ‘axe, hatchet’

Old French hache ‘axe’

Old Spanish facha ‘axe’

Spanish hacha ‘axe’

Every English word from Spanish quebracho

Today it means

noun Any of several trees of southern South America with produce very hard wood rich in tannin, especially those of the genus Schinopsis.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “quebracho”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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