Ramadan Word #2 Iftar

Iftar is the first meal after the fasting and happens at around 6:10 pm after sunset. It is therefore the meal that breaks the fast. Also literally translated, the word Iftar means break the fast. Put it together, you get the word breakfast.
Now, this is a funny thing.
During Ramadan, you could say, the whole day-night rhythm shifts. You have to look at it as if the day starts when the sun sets, because then you can start doing everything as normal, you can eat, drink, smoke and whatever else. So technically, the day starts with breakfast which is Iftar = break fast. When it's not Ramadan, then the first meal in the morning is called Iftar, too. So it actually does mean breakfast, having the same meaning as the English word breakfast.

So now, the question to me is: where does the English word breakfast come from? Is it just a coincidence that the same word is used or is there a connection, and if so, would that then mean that the English word comes from the Arabic word and would also mean breaking the fast, although we don't have Ramadan in the non Muslim world?