Where does “borrós” come from?

borrós (Catalan) comes from Spanish borroso, from Spanish borrar, from Spanish borrá, from Old Spanish borra, from Latin burra, from Latin Burrus, from Ancient Greek πυρρός, from Ancient Greek πῦρ — bonfire; spelt.

borrós (Catalan): woolly

Definitions

  1. woolly

Ancestry of “borrós”, step by step

borrós traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish borroso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishborrosoblurry, fuzzy unfocused
2Spanishborrarto erase or delete
3Spanishborráyoung female sheep
4Old Spanishborrarough wool
5LatinburraA small cow with a red mouth or muzzle; A shaggy...
6LatinBurrusflushed, red
7Ancient Greekπυρρόςflame-coloured, yellowish-red; red-haired,...
8Ancient Greekπῦρa fire; lightning; a fever
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂wr̥bonfire; spelt

via Catalan borra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanborrafluff, waste fibers
Every word from Proto-Indo-European péh₂wr̥Every word from Ancient Greek πῦρEvery word from Ancient Greek πυρρός