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Etymology · Proto-Germanic

*brūkiz

3 English words descend from Proto-Germanic *brūkiz, most common first.

brokerA mediator between a buyer and seller.
breachA gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence.
breakleApt to, capable of, or tending to break; fragile; brittle.