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forbreak

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
for-break
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To break in pieces, break up, destroy.

Archaic

verb

To break through, interrupt.

Archaic

Etymology

From Middle English forbreken, from Old English forbrecan (“to break up, break in pieces, violate, destroy”), from Proto-Germanic *frabrekaną (“to break up”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”), equivalent to for- (“fully, up”) + break. Cognate with Dutch verbreken (“to sever, disrupt”), German verbrechen (“to commit, perpetrate”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Prefix: for
  • Root: forbreken, forbrecan, *frabrekaną, *bʰreg-

Usage

Inflected Forms

forbreaks (present, singular) forbreaking (participle, present) forbroke (past) forbroken (participle, past)

Questions

What does forbreak mean?
To break in pieces, break up, destroy.
Where does forbreak come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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