Where does “brumeux” come from?
brumeux (French) comes from French brume, from Old French brume, from Latin bruma, from Old Occitan bruma, from Latin brūma, from Latin brevima, from Latin brevis, from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis — short.
brumeux (French): misty, hazy, foggy
Definitions
- misty, hazy, foggy
Ancestry of “brumeux”, step by step
brumeux traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French brume
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | brume | mist, haze, fog |
| 2 | Old French | brume | — |
| 3 | Latin | bruma | the winter solstice; winter, winter cold |
| 4 | Old Occitan | bruma | — |
| 5 | Latin | brūma | the winter solstice |
| 6 | Latin | brevima | the shortest |
| 7 | Latin | brevis | short, small, little, narrow; brief, short;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *breɣʷis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mréǵʰus | short; brief |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mreǵʰ- | short |
via Latin brūmosus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | brūmosus | wintry |