breakle

Meaning

Adjective

• Apt to, capable of, or tending to break; fragile; brittle.

Origin

• From Middle English brekil, brikel, brukel, brokel, from Old English *brycel, *brucol (as in hūsbrycel, scipbrucol), from Proto-Germanic *brukilaz, *brukulaz, extended form of Proto-Germanic *brukiz ("breakable"), equivalent to break + -le. Compare brittle.