Where does “basketbrawl” come from?
basketbrawl (English) comes from English brawl, from French branler, from Middle French bransler, from Old French bransler, from Old French brandeler, from Old French brand, from Vulgar Latin brandus, from Frankish brand — to bear, carry.
basketbrawl (English): A basketball game involving a brawl; Highly...
Definitions
- A basketball game involving a brawl; Highly...
Ancestry of “basketbrawl”, step by step
basketbrawl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English brawl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | brawl | A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a... |
| 2 | French | branler | to shake; to touch; to do |
| 3 | Middle French | bransler | to shake |
| 4 | Old French | bransler | to shake , move |
| 5 | Old French | brandeler | to shake, wave; to agitate |
| 6 | Old French | brand | — |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | brandus | firebrand, flaming sword, sword; firebrand;... |
| 8 | Frankish | brand | sword; burnt log; brand; cinder; firebrand,... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | brandaz | fire; flash; flame; burning; flaming; firebrand;... |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | brinnaną | to burn, to be on fire |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrewh₁- | to boil; to brew |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰer- | to bear, carry |
via English basketball
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | basketball | A sport in which two opposing teams of five... |
| 2 | English | Ball | surname |
| 3 | Middle English | bal | A ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,... |
| 4 | Old English | beall | ball |
| 5 | English | beal | A small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather... |
| 6 | Old English | hyll | hill |
| 7 | Albanian | hulli | furrow |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hulliz | hill |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥Hnís | hill |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kelH- | to rise, to be tall; hill |