Where does “Brusca” come from?

Brusca (English) comes from Italian brusca, from Latin bruscus, from Latin brucus — A kind of wingless locust.

Ancestry of “Brusca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbruscascrubbing brush; feminine singular of brusco;...
2Latinbruscusfrog or toad
3LatinbrucusA kind of wingless locust
Every word from Latin brucus →Every word from Latin bruscus →Every word from Italian brusca →