Broked
/ˈbroʊkt/noun
An obsolete or dialectal past-tense or past-participle form of “break,” meaning broke or broken.
Did you know?Although “broke” and “broken” became standard, “broked” survives in historical and dialectal English as an analogical form built directly from “break.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰreg-
“To break, fracture, or shatter.”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*brekaną
“To break or break apart.”
Old English
OE
brecan
“To break, crush, violate, or burst through.”
Middle English
ME
breken / broken
“Forms meaning to break and broken; vowel and consonant changes developed through English sound change.”
Late Middle English–Early Modern English
English
broked
“An attested analogical past or participial form modeled on the verb “break.””
Modern English
English
broked
“Obsolete or dialectal; standard English uses “broke” and “broken.””