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Where does “Bross” come from?

Bross (English) comes from German brossen, from French brosser, from French brosse, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.

Ancestry of “Bross”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbrossen—
2FrenchbrosserTo brush; To whip, to beat; To play truant, to...
3Frenchbrossebrush; crew cut; first-person singular present...
4French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
5Middle French-é—
6Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-Italic-ā—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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