Broker Definition

Origin of Broker

• From Middle English broker, brokour, brocour, from Anglo-Norman brocour (“small trader”) (compare also abroker (“to act as a broker”)), from Old Dutch *brokere (“one who determines the usages of trade, manager”), from broke, bruyck, breuck (“use, usage, trade”), from Proto-Germanic *brūkiz (“use, custom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhrug- (“to use, enjoy”), equivalent to brook +‎ -er. Cognate with Middle Low German brukere (“a broker”), Eastern Frisian broker (“a broker”), Danish bruger (“a broker, user, handler”), Swedish bruk (“use, custom, trade, business”), Old English broc (“use, profit, advantage, foredeal”). Compare also French brocanter (“to deal in second-hand goods”) from the same Germanic source. More at brook.

  From Wiktionary

• Middle English from Anglo-Norman brocour, abrocour Spanish alboroque ceremonial gift at conclusion of business deal from Arabic al-barka the blessing colloquial variant of al-baraka al- the baraka blessing, divine favor (from bāraka to bless brk in Semitic roots)

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From broke +‎ -er.

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