BREAD 2

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English brede (“breadth, width, extent”), from Old English brǣdu (“breadth, width, extent”), from Proto-Germanic *braidį̄ (“breadth”).

Cognate with Scots brede, breid (“breadth”),

Dutch breedte (“breadth”),

German Breite (“breadth”),

Swedish bredd (“breadth”),

Icelandic breidd (“breadth”).

Noun

bread (plural breads)

1. (obsolete or UK dialectal, Scotland) Breadth.

Derived terms

• waybread