Etymology

upbreak

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Today it means: To break upwards; to force away or passage to the surface. Full definition →

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

  1. Englishup-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰreg-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*bʰrégeti
  4. Proto-Germanic*brekaną
  5. Proto-West Germanic*brekan
  6. Old Englishbrecan
  7. Middle Englishbreken
  8. Englishbreak
  9. English todayupbreak

From up- + break.

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