Where does “brusquement” come from?
brusquement (French) comes from French brusque, from Italian brusco, from Italian bruscare, from Romanian -re, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
brusquement (French): suddenly; sharply, jerkily; brusquely, abruptly,...
Definitions
- suddenly; sharply, jerkily; brusquely, abruptly,...
Ancestry of “brusquement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | brusque | abrupt; curt; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Italian | brusco | abrupt, sudden, brusque; first-person singular... |
| 3 | Italian | bruscare | to clean with a scrubbing brush; to toast |
| 4 | Romanian | -re | -ing, -ation |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |