English
stonebreak
From stone + break, a literal translation of the Latin term.
Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- ‘to stiffen’
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Proto-Germanic *stainaz
Proto-West Germanic *stain
Old English stān
Middle English ston ‘a stone’
English stone
Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- ‘to break’
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Proto-Germanic *brekaną ‘to break’
Proto-West Germanic *brekan ‘to break’
Old English brecan ‘to break’
Middle English breken ‘to break up or split’
English break
Today it means
noun The meadow saxifrage.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “stonebreak”. 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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