{"era":"current","word":"broker","meaning":"A person who buys and sells goods or assets for others.","children":[{"era":"13th century","word":"broceor","meaning":"one who taps wine casks, peddler","children":[{"era":"ancient","word":"*brekan","meaning":"to break, to tap into","children":[],"language":"Proto-Germanic"}],"language":"Old French"}],"language":"Modern English"}