Etymology

breakability

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Today it means: The state or property of being breakable. Full definition →

English break ← Middle English breken ← Old English brecan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰreg-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰrégeti
  3. Proto-Germanic*brekaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*brekan
  5. Old Englishbrecan
  6. Middle Englishbreken
  7. Englishbreak
  8. English todaybreakability

From break + -ability.

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