Where does “brouiller” come from?

brouiller (French) comes from Middle French brouiller, from Old French brouiller, from Vulgar Latin brodiculare, from Latin brodum, from Frankish broþ, from Proto-Germanic bruþą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰer- — to bear, carry.

brouiller (French): to blur; to mix up, confuse; to scramble

Definitions

  1. to blur; to mix up, confuse; to scramble

Ancestry of “brouiller”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchbrouiller—
2Old Frenchbrouiller—
3Vulgar Latinbrodiculareto jumble together
4Latinbrodumbroth, stew
5Frankishbroþbroth
6Proto-Germanicbruþąbroth
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrewh₁-to boil; to brew
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰer-to bear, carry

Words derived from “brouiller”

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