Where does “braille” come from?
braille (English) comes from French braille, from French brailler, from Vulgar Latin bragulare, from Latin bragere.
braille (English): Alternative letter-case form of braille
Definitions
- Alternative letter-case form of braille
Ancestry of “braille”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | braille | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | French | brailler | to holler, yell; to bawl |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | bragulare | — |
| 4 | Latin | bragere | — |