Broke
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Old English brecan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch breken and German brechen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin frangere ‘to break’.
wiktionary
Ablauted form of break.
From Middle English broce, from Old English gebroc(“fragment”), from brecan(“to break”). Compare broken, past participle of break. [1] Compare also Scots brock(“a scrap of meat or bread”). [2]
Back-formation from broker.
Clipping of broke off.
etymonline
broke (adj.)
from obsolete past participle of break (v.); extension to "insolvent" is first recorded 1716 (broken in this sense is attested from 1590s). Old English cognate broc meant, in addition to "that which breaks," "affliction, misery."
