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Where does “barouchette” come from?

barouchette (English) comes from English barouche, from German Barutsche, from Italian baroccio, from Late Latin birotium, from Latin birotum, from Latin birotus, from Latin bi-, from Ancient Greek κύκλος — to turn.

barouchette (English): A light barouche

Definitions

  1. A light barouche

Ancestry of “barouchette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbaroucheA four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with...
2GermanBarutsche—
3Italianbarocciocart; cartload
4Late Latinbirotium—
5Latinbirotumnominative neuter singular of birotus; accusative...
6Latinbirotustwo-wheeled
7Latinbi-having two parts; occurring twice
8Ancient Greekκύκλοςcircle, ring; Any circular object, such as a...
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷékʷloswheel; circle
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →