Where does “Briar” come from?
Briar (English) comes from French bruyère, from Old French bruiere, from Romanian bruia, from French brouiller, from Middle French brouiller, from Old French brouiller, from Vulgar Latin brodiculare, from Latin brodum — to bear, carry.
Ancestry of “Briar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | bruyère | Heather, brier; A place of briers, a moor |
| 2 | Old French | bruiere | — |
| 3 | Romanian | bruia | to jam; to talk over someone |
| 4 | French | brouiller | to blur; to mix up, confuse; to scramble |
| 5 | Middle French | brouiller | — |
| 6 | Old French | brouiller | — |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | brodiculare | to jumble together |
| 8 | Latin | brodum | broth, stew |
| 9 | Frankish | broþ | broth |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | bruþą | broth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrewh₁- | to boil; to brew |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰer- | to bear, carry |