Where does “bromós” come from?

bromós (Catalan) comes from Catalan broma, from Latin brūma, from Latin brevima, from Latin brevis, from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- — short.

bromós (Catalan): misty or foggy

Definitions

  1. misty or foggy

Ancestry of “bromós”, step by step

bromós traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan broma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanbromajoke, practical joke; fog or mist
2Latinbrūmathe winter solstice
3Latinbrevimathe shortest
4Latinbrevisshort, small, little, narrow; brief, short;...
5Proto-Italic*breɣʷis—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short

via Catalan ós

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanósbear
2Latinursusa bear
3Proto-Italic*orsos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus →Every word from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis →