Etymology

greenbroke

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Today it means: Newly tamed; not fully domesticated for all forms of working. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʰreh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gróh₁nis
  3. Proto-Germanic*grōniz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*grōnī
  5. Old Englishgrēne
  6. Middle Englishgrene
  7. Englishgreen
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰreg-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰrégeti
  10. Proto-Germanic*brekaną
  11. Proto-West Germanic*brekan
  12. Old Englishbrecan
  13. Middle Englishbreken
  14. Englishbroke
  15. English todaygreenbroke

From green + broke.

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