Where does “branched” come from?

Branched comes from Middle English -ed, Old English -od, Proto-Germanic -ōdaz, Gaulish vranca, and Proto-Indo-European -tós, tracing a semantic development from a root meaning related to breaking or spreading.

branched (English): Having branches; simple past tense and past...

Definitions

  1. Having branches; simple past tense and past...

Ancestry of “branched”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbranchThe woody part of a tree arising from the trunk...
2Middle Englishbranche—
3Old Frenchbranchebranch
4Late Latinbrancafootprint, paw; footprint”, later also “paw, claw
5Gaulishvranca—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwrónkeh₂—

Words derived from “branched”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wrónkeh₂ →