Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “brigantine” come from?

Brigantine comes from Italian brigante, from Italian brigare meaning to fight or quarrel, with the Latin diminutive suffix -inus and Proto-Indo-European -iHnos.

brigantine (English): a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the...

Definitions

  1. a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the...

Ancestry of “brigantine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbrigantinobrig, brigantine
2Italianbrigantebrigand, bandit; rascal; present participle of...
3Italian-anteUsed with a stem to form the present participle...
4Latin-āns—
5Latin-ns-ing; ending of the present active participle
6Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
7Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
8Hungarianönyou
9Hungarianön-self-
10Turkishönfront
11Ottoman Turkishاوك—
12Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice

Words derived from “brigantine”

  • brig
  • gun-brig
  • бриг
  • брига
  • brick
  • bryg
  • brig
  • brik
  • brigg
  • βρίκιον
  • brigg
Every word from Proto-Turkic ǖn →