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Where does “brioche” come from?

brioche (French) comes from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

brioche (French): brioche; gaffe, blunder; paunch, belly

Definitions

  1. brioche; gaffe, blunder; paunch, belly

Ancestry of “brioche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
2Middle French-é—
3Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-Italic-ā—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “brioche”

  • brioche
  • brioche
  • Brioche
  • brioche
  • briocho
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →