Where does “bracket” come from?
Bracket comes from Old English braket, from Middle Welsh bragod, from Old French -ette, from Latin -itta, from Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós.
bracket (English): A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf;...
Definitions
- A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf;...
Ancestry of “bracket”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | bragget | A liquor made of fermented ale and honey with... |
| 2 | Middle English | bragot | bragget |
| 3 | Middle Welsh | bragod | — |
| 4 | Middle Welsh | brag | malt |
Words derived from “bracket”