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Where does “brosse” come from?

brosse (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.

brosse (French): brush; crew cut; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. brush; crew cut; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “brosse”, 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 “brosse”

  • brocheta
  • brocha
  • brochazo
  • brosse
  • débroussailleuse
  • broussailleux
  • brosser
  • débroussailler
  • broussaille
  • brossier
  • brouche
  • bót
  • برس
  • brotsa
  • magbrotsa
  • brotsa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →