Where does “braillewriter” come from?
braillewriter (English) comes from English Braille, from French braille, from French brailler, from Vulgar Latin bragulare, from Latin bragere.
braillewriter (English): A kind of mechanical typewriter that produces...
Definitions
- A kind of mechanical typewriter that produces...
Ancestry of “braillewriter”, step by step
braillewriter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Braille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Braille | Alternative letter-case form of braille |
| 2 | French | braille | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | French | brailler | to holler, yell; to bawl |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | bragulare | — |
| 5 | Latin | bragere | — |
via English writer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | writer | A person who writes, or produces literary work;... |
| 2 | Middle English | writer | A draughtsman, or copyist; one who notes down the... |
| 3 | Old English | wrītere | writer, scribe; draughtsman; painter; writer;... |