Etymology

clapbread

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Today it means: clapcake Full definition →

English bread ← Middle English bred ← Old English brēad
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The story

  1. Englishclap
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰrewh₁-der.?
  3. Proto-Germanic*braudą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*braud
  5. Old Englishbrēad
  6. Middle Englishbred
  7. Englishbread
  8. English todayclapbread

From clap + bread.

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