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Where does “brattice” come from?

brattice (English) comes from Old French breteske, from Latin bretachia.

brattice (English): A wooden partition in a coal mine; To divide into...

Definitions

  1. A wooden partition in a coal mine; To divide into...

Ancestry of “brattice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbreteske—
2Latinbretachia—
Every word from Latin bretachia →