Where does “brigandess” come from?

brigandess (English) comes from English brigand, from Middle English brigaunt, from Old French brigand, from Italian briga, from Proto-Germanic brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

brigandess (English): A female brigand

Definitions

  1. A female brigand

Ancestry of “brigandess”, step by step

brigandess traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English brigand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbrigandAn outlaw or bandit
2Middle Englishbrigaunt—
3Old Frenchbrigandfoot soldier
4Italianbrigatrouble, bother; third-person singular present...
5Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

via English ess

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishessThe name of the Latin-script letter S; Something...
2Germanessfirst-person singular present of essen; singular...
3Proto-Germanicatiska-grainfield
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂edos-sort of cereal, grain
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic brekaną →Every word from Italian briga →