Etymology

breaden

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Today it means: Made of bread (in the context of the Eucharist). Full definition →

English bread ← Middle English bred ← Old English brēad
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰrewh₁-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*braudą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*braud
  4. Old Englishbrēad
  5. Middle Englishbred
  6. Englishbread
  7. English todaybreaden

From bread + -en (“made of, consisting of”).

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