Where does “bracelet” come from?

bracelet (French) comes from Middle French bracelet, from Old French bracelet, from Old French bras, from Latin brachium, from Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων, from Ancient Greek βραχύς, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus — short.

bracelet (French): bracelet

Definitions

  1. bracelet

Ancestry of “bracelet”, step by step

bracelet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French bracelet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchbraceletbracelet (jewelry)
2Old FrenchbraceletDiminutive of bras; bracelet
3Old Frenchbrasarm
4LatinbrachiumAlternative form of bracchium; arm, branch; limb
5Latinbracchiumforearm; arm; limb of an animal
6Ancient Greekβραχίωνthe arm, the shoulder; comparative degree of...
7Ancient Greekβραχύςshort, brief; short, small, little; few
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short

via Italian braccialetto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbraccialettosmall bracelet, armlet; wristlet
2Italian-ettoAlterative suffix used to form melioratives,...
3English-etUsed to form diminutives, loosely construed
4Middle English-etForms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,...
5Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
6Latin-ātused
7Proto-Italic-ātos
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

Words derived from “bracelet

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ-