Where does “brocchus” come from?

brocchus (Classical Latin) comes from Latin broccus, from Gaulish brokkos, from Proto-Celtic brokkos — badger.

Ancestry of “brocchus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinbroccusA person having projecting teeth, a buck-toothed...
2Gaulishbrokkos
3Proto-Celticbrokkosbadger
Every word from Proto-Celtic brokkosEvery word from Gaulish brokkosEvery word from Latin broccus
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