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Where does “braille” come from?

braille (French) comes from French brailler, from Vulgar Latin bragulare, from Latin bragere.

braille (French): first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “braille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbraillerto holler, yell; to bawl
2Vulgar Latinbragulare—
3Latinbragere—

Words derived from “braille”

  • Braille
  • braille
Every word from Latin bragere →