broker: [14] Broker has no connection with the past tense of break. It comes from Anglo- Norman brocour ‘small trader’, but its ultimate origin is not clear. A variant Anglo-Norman form abrocour has fuelled speculation as to a link with Spanish alboroque ‘sealing of a bargain’ and Portuguese alborcar ‘barter’, which are presumably of Arabic origin (the alrepresenting the Arabic definite article); but other etymologists have sought to link the word with broach, as if the underlying sense were ‘someone who sells wine from [that is, by broaching] the cask’, and hence any ‘retailer’.
broker (n.)
late 14c., from Anglo-French brocour "small trader," from abrokur "retailer of wine, tapster;" perhaps from Portuguese alborcar "barter," but more likely from Old French brocheor, from brochier "to broach, tap, pierce (a keg)," from broche "pointed tool" (see broach (n.)), giving original sense of "wine dealer," hence "retailer, middleman, agent." In Middle English, used contemptuously of peddlers and pimps.
broker (v.)
1630s (implied in brokering), from broker (n.). Related: Brokered.
雙語例句
1. He was a high-earning broker with money to burn.
他是高收入的經紀人，有花不完的錢。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Jackson had been a major power-broker in the 1988 Presidential elections.
傑克遜是1988年總統選舉中舉足輕重的權力經紀人。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Don't automatically accept the solicitor recommended by the broker.
別想當然地就接受中間人推薦的訴狀律師。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The broker will get 5% if he finds a purchaser.