Where does “brig” come from?
Brig is a shortening of English brigantine, which derives from Italian brigante meaning raider, itself from Proto-Indo-European bʰer- meaning to carry or bear.
brig (English): A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both...
Definitions
- A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both...
Ancestry of “brig”, step by step
brig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English brigantine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | brigantine | a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the... |
| 2 | Italian | brigantino | brig, brigantine |
| 3 | Italian | brigante | brigand, bandit; rascal; present participle of... |
| 4 | Italian | -ante | Used with a stem to form the present participle... |
| 5 | Latin | -āns | Ending of the present active participle of first conjugation verbs; see -ns |
| 6 | Latin | -ns | -ing; ending of the present active participle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 8 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 9 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 10 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 11 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 12 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 13 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |