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Proto-Germanic
# *brekaną **Type:** Etymological root **Language:** Proto-Germanic **Slug:** brekana ## Words From This Root - break - To separate something into pieces, or to make it stop working, often suddenly. - broken - No longer working properly - broke - having no money; (verb) past tense of break - breaker - a wave breaking into foam on the shore; one that breaks something
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Words from this root
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break
A1
/bɹeɪk/
To separate something into pieces, or to make it stop working, often suddenly.
broken
A2
/ˈbɹoʊ.kɪn/
No longer working properly
broke
C2+
/broʊk/
having no money; (verb) past tense of break
breaker
C2+
/ˈbreɪkər/
a wave breaking into foam on the shore; one that breaks something
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