Where does “briquette” come from?

briquette (English) comes from French briquette, from French brique, from Middle Low German bricke, from Proto-West Germanic brekan, from Proto-Germanic brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

briquette (English): Alternative form of briquet

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of briquet

Ancestry of “briquette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbriquettea small brick
2Frenchbriquebrick; carton box; ten thousand French francs
3Middle Low Germanbricke—
4Proto-West Germanicbrekanto break
5Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “briquette”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic brekaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic brekan →