Where does “brumaire” come from?

brumaire (French) comes from Latin brūmārius, from Latin brūma, from Latin brevima, from Latin brevis, from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- — short.

brumaire (French): Brumaire the second month of the French Republican Calendar

Definitions

  1. Brumaire the second month of the French Republican Calendar

Ancestry of “brumaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbrūmārius—
2Latinbrūmathe winter solstice
3Latinbrevimathe shortest
4Latinbrevisshort, small, little, narrow; brief, short;...
5Proto-Italic*breɣʷis—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short

Words derived from “brumaire”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus →Every word from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis →