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Where does “brumous” come from?

brumous (English) comes from English brume, from French brumeux, from French brume, from Old French brume, from Latin bruma, from Old Occitan bruma, from Latin brūma, from Latin brevima — short.

brumous (English): Foggy or misty; wintry

Definitions

  1. Foggy or misty; wintry

Ancestry of “brumous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbrumeMist, fog, vapour
2Frenchbrumeuxmisty, hazy, foggy
3Frenchbrumemist, haze, fog
4Old Frenchbrume—
5Latinbrumathe winter solstice; winter, winter cold
6Old Occitanbruma—
7Latinbrūma—
8Latinbrevimathe shortest
9Latinbrevisshort, small, little, narrow; brief, short;...
10Proto-Italic*breɣʷis—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
12Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short

Words derived from “brumous”

  • brumously
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