The story
- Old English · inherited frombrēċ“breeches”
- Middle English · inherited frombreke
- English todaybreeks
From Middle English breke, Northern variant of brechis (“trousers”), from Old English brēċ (“breeches”), plural of brōc (“covering for the leg; trouser”). More at breeches.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishbrēċ all →
breechbreeches
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.