Words that come from Italian “briga”

76 words across 22 languages descend from Italian briga — including brigade, brig, brigadier, brigand, brigantine, brigandine, brigandish, brigandry.

See the etymology of briga itself →

English (14)

Italian (13)

French (7)

Hungarian (6)

Russian (4)

Esperanto (4)

Serbo-Croatian (4)

German (3)

Portuguese (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Old French (2)

Dutch (2)

Middle English (2)

Slovene (1)

Polish (1)

Greek (1)

Catalan (1)

Spanish (1)

Finnish (1)

Bulgarian (1)

Romanian (1)