Where does “bredouilleur” come from?

bredouilleur (French) comes from French bredouiller, from Old French bredeler, from French bretonner, from French Breton, from Old French Breton, from Latin britto, from Latin Brittania, from Ancient Greek Βρεττανία — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

bredouilleur (French): stammerer; mumbler

Definitions

  1. stammerer; mumbler

Ancestry of “bredouilleur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbredouillerto stammer, to mumble
2Old Frenchbredeler
3Frenchbretonnerto talk or speak Breton; to talk or speak...
4FrenchBretonthe Breton language
5Old FrenchBretonBreton
6Latinbrittoa Briton
7LatinBrittaniaBritain
8Ancient GreekΒρεττανίαthe British Isles
9Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
10Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
11Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱEvery word from Ancient Greek Βρεττανία
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