Where does “brume” come from?
brume (French) comes from Old French brume, from Latin bruma, from Old Occitan bruma, from Latin brūma, from Latin brevima, from Latin brevis, from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus — short.
brume (French): mist, haze, fog
Definitions
- mist, haze, fog
Ancestry of “brume”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | brume | — |
| 2 | Latin | bruma | the winter solstice; winter, winter cold |
| 3 | Old Occitan | bruma | — |
| 4 | Latin | brūma | the winter solstice |
| 5 | Latin | brevima | the shortest |
| 6 | Latin | brevis | short, small, little, narrow; brief, short;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *breɣʷis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mréǵʰus | short; brief |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mreǵʰ- | short |