forbreak
English
verb
Definitions
- (archaic) To break in pieces, break up, destroy.
- (archaic) To break through, interrupt.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English forbreken inherited from Old English forbrecan (break up, destroy, violate, break in pieces) inherited from Proto-Germanic *frabrekaną (break up) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bhraǵ- prefix from English break (break, game won against the server).
Origin
English
break
Gloss
break, game won against the server
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beambreak English
- bebreak English
- bio-break English
- brake pedal English
- break English
- break loose English
- break off English
- break-bones English
- break-promise English
- break-vow English
- breakability English
- breakable English
- breakage English
- breakaway English
- breakbeat English
- breakbone English
- breakcore English
- breakdance English
- breakdancing English
- breaker English
- breaker bar English
- breakest English
- breaketh English
- breakface English
- breakfast English
- breakfront English
- breakle English
- breakless English
- breakly English
- breakneck English
- breakoff English
- breakopen English
- breakpoint English
- breakproof English
- breakstone English
- breakthrough English
- breakthru English
- breaktime English
- breakup English
- breakwater English
- breakwind English
- breaky English
- brickle English
- brokeback English
- crossbreak English
- firebreak English
- heartbreak English
- housebreak English
- inbreak English
- jailbreak English
- lunchbreak English
- microbreak English
- midterm break English
- mini-break English
- minibreak English
- nanobreak English
- newsbreak English
- nightbreak English
- outbreak English
- overbreak English
- prebreak English
- rebreak English
- shelfbreak English
- stonebreak English
- strikebreak English
- sunbreak English
- tiebreak English
- tobreak English
- un-break English
- unbreak English
- unbreakable English
- underbreak English
- upbreak English
- waterbreak English
- windbreak English
- word break English
- breikata Finnish
- brechen German
- verbrechen German
- break Italian
- breken Dutch, Flemish
- verbreken Dutch, Flemish
- break French
- *bhraǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰreg- Proto-Indo-European
- *frabrekaną Proto-Germanic
- ブレイク Japanese
- brecan Old English
- forbrecan Old English
- breken Middle English
- forbreken Middle English
- verbrechen Middle High German
- bruk Tok Pisin
- brukim Tok Pisin
- بريك Gulf Arabic
- bruck Jamaican Creole
- break
- breaky
- breakly
- breakup
- rebreak
- breakle
- breaker
- bebreak
- tobreak
- inbreak
- brickle
- upbreak
- unbreak
- breakest
- breakoff
- breakage
- tiebreak
- un-break
- sunbreak
- prebreak
- outbreak
- breaketh
- breakcore
- nanobreak
- breakneck
- minibreak
- breakaway
- bio-break
- newsbreak
- windbreak
- beambreak
- breakable
- jailbreak
- breakless
- firebreak
- breakwind
- breaktime
- breakbeat
- breakbone
- breakface
- break off
- breakfast
- breakthru
- break-vow
- brokeback
- breakopen
- overbreak
- breakfront
- mini-break
- stonebreak
- word break
- lunchbreak
- nightbreak
- waterbreak
- microbreak
- underbreak
- breakwater
- breakpoint
- housebreak
- breakproof
- breakstone
- crossbreak
- heartbreak
- shelfbreak
- breakdance
- break-bones
- unbreakable
- breaker bar
- brake pedal
- break loose
- strikebreak
- breakthrough
- breakability
- breakdancing
- break-promise
- midterm break