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.
双语例句
1. He was a high-earning broker with money to burn.
他是高收入的经纪人，有花不完的钱。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Jackson had been a major power-broker in the 1988 Presidential elections.
杰克逊是1988年总统选举中举足轻重的权力经纪人。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Don't automatically accept the solicitor recommended by the broker.
别想当然地就接受中间人推荐的诉状律师。
来自柯林斯例句
4. The broker will get 5% if he finds a purchaser.