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Where does “brailling” come from?

brailling (English) comes from English Braille, from French braille, from French brailler, from Vulgar Latin bragulare, from Latin bragere.

brailling (English): A form of cheating in the board game Scrabble,...

Definitions

  1. A form of cheating in the board game Scrabble,...

Ancestry of “brailling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBrailleAlternative letter-case form of braille
2Frenchbraillefirst-person singular present indicative of...
3Frenchbraillerto holler, yell; to bawl
4Vulgar Latinbragulare—
5Latinbragere—
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