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Where does “broussailleux” come from?

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

broussailleux (French): bushy, shaggy

Definitions

  1. bushy, shaggy

Ancestry of “broussailleux”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbroussailleundergrowth, scrub; bushes
2Frenchbrossebrush; crew cut; first-person singular present...
3French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
4Middle French-é—
5Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
6Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
7Proto-Italic-ā—
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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