Where does “Brit” come from?
Brit comes from English Briton, from Latin Britto, from Latin Brittania, with the suffix -arius denoting an inhabitant or agent.
Brit (English): A British person; A Brit Award, a prize for...
Definitions
- A British person; A Brit Award, a prize for...
Ancestry of “Brit”, step by step
Brit traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English brytten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | brytten | — |
| 2 | Old English | brittian | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | brutjaną | to break, divide |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | breutaną | to destroy, crush, break |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrewd- | to break |
via Hebrew בְּרִית
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hebrew | בְּרִית | covenant; alliance |
via English british
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | british | The residents or inhabitants of Great Britain |