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Where does “bringhouse” come from?

bringhouse (Cebuano) comes from English bringhouse, from English bring, from Middle English bryngen, from Old English bringan, from Proto-West Germanic bringan, from Proto-Germanic bringaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrenḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰer- — to bear, carry.

bringhouse (Cebuano): take-home leftover food from a party; to bring...

Definitions

  1. take-home leftover food from a party; to bring...

Ancestry of “bringhouse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbringhouseTake-home leftover food from a party
2EnglishbringTo transport toward somebody/somewhere; To supply...
3Middle Englishbryngen—
4Old Englishbringanto bring
5Proto-West Germanicbringanto bring
6Proto-Germanicbringanąto bring
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrenḱ-to deviate, corrupt
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰer-to bear, carry

Words derived from “bringhouse”

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