Where does “brami” come from?
brami (English) comes from English bra, from English brassière, from French brassière, from Old French braciere, from Old French brace, from Latin bracchia, from Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων — short.
brami (English): An item of clothing which combines elements of a bra and a camisole
Definitions
- An item of clothing which combines elements of a bra and a camisole
Ancestry of “brami”, step by step
brami traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bra | Clipping of brassiere; One of the two vectors in... |
| 2 | English | brassière | Alternative form of brassiere |
| 3 | French | brassière | child's vest; life jacket; brassiere, bra |
| 4 | Old French | braciere | — |
| 5 | Old French | brace | arm |
| 6 | Latin | bracchia | nominative plural of bracchium; accusative plural... |
| 7 | Latin | bracchium | forearm; arm; limb of an animal |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βραχίων | the arm, the shoulder; comparative degree of... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βραχύς | short, brief; short, small, little; few |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mréǵʰus | short; brief |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | mreǵʰ- | short |
via English cami
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cami | A camisole |
| 2 | English | camisole | A short, sleeveless undergarment worn by women... |
| 3 | French | camisole | camisole; Ellipsis of camisole de force;... |
| 4 | Italian | camiciola | vest |
| 5 | Italian | camicia | shirt, dress shirt; jacket; armour |
| 6 | Latin | camisia | shirt; nightgown; alb |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *hamiþi | shirt |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hamō | shape, physical form |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hamô | cover, skin; clothes, skirt, fishnet; harness,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱem- | to cover, conceal; hornless |