Middle English broche

← English brooch (link)

← Middle English brooche (alter)

← Middle English brouche (alter)

← Middle English bruche (alter)

← Middle English brush (alter)

← Middle English brochen (link)

← Old French broche (borrowed)

← Old French brochier (borrowed)

← Latin broccus (derived)

→ English broach (inherited)

→ Middle English brochen (affix)

→ Scots broach (inherited)