English
lunchbreak
From lunch + break.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- ‘to break’
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Proto-Germanic *brekaną ‘to break’
Proto-West Germanic *brekan ‘to break’
Old English brecan ‘to break’
Middle English breken ‘to break up or split’
English break
Today it means
noun A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lunchbreak