brekefast

Middle English

Alternative forms

brekefaste, breffast, brekkffast

Etymology

From breken +‎ fast.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛːkfast/, /ˈbrɛkfast/

Noun

brekefast

(Late Middle English) breakfast (a meal consumed at the beginning of the day)

Descendants

English: breakfast
- → Afrikaans: brekfis
- → Irish: bricfeasta
- → Maori: parakuihi
- → Scottish Gaelic: bracaist
- → Portuguese: brequefeste, brequefesta
- → Welsh: brecwast
Scots: brekfast
Yola: brekvast

References

“brēke-faste, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-10.

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