Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*bʰreg-
9 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-, most common first.
- breakTo separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
- fractionA part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
- fractureAn instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.
- brayOf an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
- brackenAny of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.
- frangibleAble to be broken; breakable, fragile.
- forbreakTo break in pieces, break up, destroy.
- irrefragableWhich cannot be refuted; clearly right, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable.
- regmacarpA fruit which, when mature, splits open to release its seeds; a dehiscent fruit.