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Where does “bruyère” come from?

bruyère (French) comes from Old French bruiere, from Romanian bruia, from French brouiller, from Middle French brouiller, from Old French brouiller, from Vulgar Latin brodiculare, from Latin brodum, from Frankish broþ — to bear, carry.

bruyère (French): Heather, brier; A place of briers, a moor

Definitions

  1. Heather, brier; A place of briers, a moor

Ancestry of “bruyère”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbruiere—
2Romanianbruiato jam; to talk over someone
3Frenchbrouillerto blur; to mix up, confuse; to scramble
4Middle Frenchbrouiller—
5Old Frenchbrouiller—
6Vulgar Latinbrodiculareto jumble together
7Latinbrodumbroth, stew
8Frankishbroþbroth
9Proto-Germanicbruþąbroth
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrewh₁-to boil; to brew
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰer-to bear, carry
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