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
- Having branches; simple past tense and past...
Ancestry of “branched”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | branch | The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk... |
| 2 | Middle English | branche | — |
| 3 | Old French | branche | branch |
| 4 | Late Latin | branca | footprint, paw; footprint”, later also “paw, claw |
| 5 | Gaulish | vranca | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wrónkeh₂ | — |
Words derived from “branched”