Breachy
/ˈbriːtʃi/noun
Prone to making, suffering, or allowing a breach, especially describing an animal likely to break through a fence or enclosure.
Did you know?Breach ultimately belongs to the same ancient word family as break, fracture, fragile, and fraction—language preserving the idea of something violently split apart.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰreg-
“to break, crack, or split”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*brekaną
“to break”
Old English
Old English
brecan
“to break, shatter, or violate”
Old French
Old French
breche
“a gap or opening made by breaking through”
Middle English
English
breche
“a break or opening in a wall, defense, or boundary”
Modern English
English
breachy
“prone to breaching or breaking through an enclosure”