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

  1. A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf;...

Ancestry of “bracket”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbraggetA liquor made of fermented ale and honey with...
2Middle Englishbragotbragget
3Middle Welshbragod
4Middle Welshbragmalt

Words derived from “bracket

Every word from Middle Welsh brag