Where does “brume” come from?
brume (English) comes from French brumeux, from French brume, from Old French brume, from Latin bruma, from Old Occitan bruma, from Latin brūma, from Latin brevima, from Latin brevis — short.
brume (English): Mist, fog, vapour
Ancestry of “brume”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | brumeux | misty, hazy, foggy |
| 2 | French | brume | mist, haze, fog |
| 3 | Old French | brume | — |
| 4 | Latin | bruma | the winter solstice; winter, winter cold |
| 5 | Old Occitan | bruma | — |
| 6 | Latin | brūma | — |
| 7 | Latin | brevima | the shortest |
| 8 | Latin | brevis | short, small, little, narrow; brief, short;... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *breɣʷis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mréǵʰus | short; brief |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | mreǵʰ- | short |
Words derived from “brume”