Break

Morpheme

Break

Type

free base

Denotation

separate, divide, injure, fracture, crack, crush, destroy, ruin, curtail, interrupt

Etymology

Middle English breken; Old English brecan

Evidence

break, breakable, breakage, breakaway, breakdance, breakdown, breakee, breaker, breaker, breakfast, breaking, breakless, breaks, breakwater, breaky, daybreak, heartbreak, horsebreaking, housebreak, icebreaker, outbreak, prebreak, rebreak, stonebreak, unbreakable

See Also

Broke