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
- Foggy or misty; wintry
Ancestry of “brumous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | brume | Mist, fog, vapour |
| 2 | French | brumeux | misty, hazy, foggy |
| 3 | French | brume | mist, haze, fog |
| 4 | Old French | brume | — |
| 5 | Latin | bruma | the winter solstice; winter, winter cold |
| 6 | Old Occitan | bruma | — |
| 7 | Latin | brūma | the winter solstice |
| 8 | Latin | brevima | the shortest |
| 9 | Latin | brevis | short, small, little, narrow; brief, short;... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *breɣʷis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | mréǵʰus | short; brief |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | mreǵʰ- | short |