Where does “brise-bise” come from?
brise-bise (French) comes from French bise, from French biser, from French baiser, from Middle French baiser, from Old French baisier, from Latin bāsiō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
brise-bise (French): brise-bise
Definitions
- brise-bise
Ancestry of “brise-bise”, step by step
brise-bise traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French bise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bise | north wind; northeasterly; kiss; feminine... |
| 2 | French | biser | to kiss |
| 3 | French | baiser | kiss; to kiss; to fuck, screw |
| 4 | Middle French | baiser | to kiss; a kiss |
| 5 | Old French | baisier | to kiss; a kiss |
| 6 | Latin | bāsiō | to kiss |
| 7 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |
via French briser
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | briser | To break; snap; To become broken; snap |
| 2 | Middle French | briser | — |
| 3 | Old French | brisier | to break (cause damage to), bust |
| 4 | Frankish | bristan | to break to pieces, split, shatter; to break,... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | brestaną | to burst, break, sunder, split, crack |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰres‑ | to burst; break; crack; crackle |