Where does “bireto” come from?

bireto (Esperanto) comes from Medieval Latin birretum, from Late Latin birrus, from Gaulish birrus, from Proto-Celtic birros — short.

bireto (Esperanto): beret

Definitions

  1. beret

Ancestry of “bireto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinbirretum—
2Late Latinbirrusa kind of cloak; large hooded cloak; hooded coat
3Gaulishbirrusshort cloak
4Proto-Celticbirrosshort
Every word from Proto-Celtic birros →Every word from Gaulish birrus →Every word from Late Latin birrus →