Where does “braç” come from?
braç (Catalan) comes from Latin adbracchio, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
braç (Catalan): arm
Definitions
- arm
Ancestry of “braç”, step by step
braç traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin adbracchio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | adbracchio | I hug, embrace |
| 2 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Latin brachium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | brachium | Alternative form of bracchium; arm, branch; limb |
| 2 | Latin | bracchium | forearm; arm; limb of an animal |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | βραχίων | the arm, the shoulder; comparative degree of... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | βραχύς | short, brief; short, small, little; few |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mréǵʰus | short; brief |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mreǵʰ- | short |