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Where does “mandelbrot” come from?

mandelbrot (English) comes from German Mandelbrot, from German brōt, from Middle High German brōt, from Old High German brōt, from Proto-West Germanic braud, from English Berwald, from Proto-West Germanic berō, from Proto-Germanic berô — to pierce; to strike; brown.

mandelbrot (English): A sort of cookie-like hard, sweet bread usually...

Definitions

  1. A sort of cookie-like hard, sweet bread usually...

Ancestry of “mandelbrot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMandelbrot—
2Germanbrōt—
3Middle High Germanbrōt—
4Old High Germanbrōt—
5Proto-West Germanicbraud—
6EnglishBerwald—
7Proto-West Germanicberōbear
8Proto-Germanicberôbear
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerH-to pierce; to strike; brown
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