Where does “bronco” come from?

Bronco comes from Spanish bronco, from Vulgar Latin bruncus, from Latin broccus, from Gaulish brokkos, from Proto-Celtic brokkos.

bronco (English): A horse of western North America that is wild or...

Definitions

  1. A horse of western North America that is wild or...

Ancestry of “bronco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbroncoharsh, sharp
2Vulgar Latinbruncus
3LatinbroccusA person having projecting teeth, a buck-toothed...
4Gaulishbrokkos
5Proto-Celticbrokkosbadger

Words derived from “bronco

Every word from Proto-Celtic brokkos