bread

English

/bɹɛd/, /bɹɛd/

noun
Definitions
  • (uncountable) A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.
  • (countable) Any variety of bread.
  • (slang) Money.
  • Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bred inherited from Old English brēad (crumb, bread, bit, also bread, morsel, fragment, food) inherited from Proto-Germanic *braudą (cooked food, leavened bread, piece, bread, fragment) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerw- inherited from Proto-Germanic *braudaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰera- (beat, struggle, split, hew).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰera-

Gloss

beat, struggle, split, hew

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