Brekkie
/ˈbrɛk.i/noun
An informal word for breakfast.
Did you know?Brekkie is a modern clipped slang form of breakfast, and its roots go all the way back to the old phrase meaning to “break a fast” after the night’s hunger.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
fæsten
“a period of abstaining from food; fasting”
Middle English
ME
brekefast
“the meal that breaks the night-long fast”
15th Century
English
breakfast
“the first meal of the day”
20th Century
English
brekkie
“informal clipped slang for breakfast”