Etymograph

English

abroach

Abroach comes from Old French abroche ‘to spigot’.

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400abroche‘to spigot’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  3. Englishearliest quotation c. 1593abroach

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400abroche‘to spigot’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  3. Englishearliest quotation c. 1593abroach

Earliest quotation: c. 1593, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Richard the Third. […] (First Quarto): “I doe the wrong, and first began to braule…”

Formed from a- + broach

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

Latin broccus ‘a person having projecting teeth, a…’

Vulgar Latin brocca

Old French broche ‘brooch, pin (jewellery)’

Middle English broche ‘a spear or pike’

English broach

Every English word from Old French abroche

Today it means

verb To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old French abroche / abroach

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