Where does “Mandelbrot” come from?
Mandelbrot (French) comes from Polish Mandelbrojt, from Yiddish מאַנדלברויט, from Yiddish ברויט, from Middle High German brōt, from Old High German brōt, from Proto-West Germanic braud, from English Berwald, from Proto-West Germanic berō — to pierce; to strike; brown.
Ancestry of “Mandelbrot”, step by step