Where does “embrassade” come from?
embrassade (French) comes from French embrasser, from Italian abbracciare, from Spanish abrazar, from Spanish abracar, from Vulgar Latin adbracchiare, from Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων, from Ancient Greek βραχύς — short.
embrassade (French): hugging and kissing; embrace
Definitions
- hugging and kissing; embrace
Ancestry of “embrassade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | embrasser | to hug, embrace; to kiss |
| 2 | Italian | abbracciare | to embrace someone or something; to hug |
| 3 | Spanish | abrazar | to hug, to embrace; to embrace; to adopt; to hug,... |
| 4 | Spanish | abracar | to hug, to embrace |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | adbracchiare | — |
| 6 | Latin | bracchium | forearm; arm; limb of an animal |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βραχίων | the arm, the shoulder; comparative degree of... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βραχύς | short, brief; short, small, little; few |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mréǵʰus | short; brief |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mreǵʰ- | short |