Where does “berceau” come from?

berceau (French) comes from Old French berçuel, from Vulgar Latin berciolum, from Latin bertium, from Gaulish berta, from Proto-Celtic bertā.

berceau (French): cradle, crib; cradle, birthplace, place of...

Definitions

  1. cradle, crib; cradle, birthplace, place of...

Ancestry of “berceau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchberçuel—
2Vulgar Latinberciolumcradle
3Latinbertium—
4Gaulishberta—
5Proto-Celticbertā—

Words derived from “berceau”

Every word from Proto-Celtic bertā →Every word from Gaulish berta →Every word from Latin bertium →