Where does “brise-bise” come from?
brise-bise (English) comes from French brise-bise, from French bise, from French biser, from French baiser, from Middle French baiser, from Old French baisier, from Latin bāsiō, from Latin -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
brise-bise (English): A net curtain (or lace curtain) for the lower half of a window
Definitions
- A net curtain (or lace curtain) for the lower half of a window
Ancestry of “brise-bise”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | brise-bise | brise-bise |
| 2 | French | bise | north wind; northeasterly; kiss; feminine... |
| 3 | French | biser | to kiss |
| 4 | French | baiser | kiss; to kiss; to fuck, screw |
| 5 | Middle French | baiser | to kiss; a kiss |
| 6 | Old French | baisier | to kiss; a kiss |
| 7 | Latin | bāsiō | to kiss |
| 8 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |