Where does “briary” come from?
briary (English) comes from English Briar, from French bruyère, from Old French bruiere, from Romanian bruia, from French brouiller, from Middle French brouiller, from Old French brouiller, from Vulgar Latin brodiculare — to bear, carry.
briary (English): Like a briar; thorny
Definitions
- Like a briar; thorny
Ancestry of “briary”, step by step
briary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Briar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Briar | Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera |
| 2 | French | bruyère | Heather, brier; A place of briers, a moor |
| 3 | Old French | bruiere | heather, heath |
| 4 | Romanian | bruia | to jam; to talk over someone |
| 5 | French | brouiller | to blur; to mix up, confuse; to scramble |
| 6 | Middle French | brouiller | — |
| 7 | Old French | brouiller | — |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | brodiculare | to jumble together |
| 9 | Latin | brodum | broth, stew |
| 10 | Frankish | broþ | broth |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | bruþą | broth |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrewh₁- | to boil; to brew |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰer- | to bear, carry |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |