Etymology

inbreak

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Today it means: To break in; break into; make an incursion into; insert into; interrupt. Full definition →

Middle English *inbreken ← Old English inbrecan
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  1. Old English · derived frominbrecan“to break into”
  2. Middle English · derived from*inbreken
  3. English todayinbreak

From Middle English *inbreken, from Old English inbrecan (“to break into”), equivalent to in- + break. Cognate with Dutch inbreken (“to break in”), German einbrechen (“to break in”).

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