Where does “brocha” come from?
brocha (Galician) comes from French brouche, from French brosse, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
brocha (Galician): pin, brooch; bolt; tacks used by shoemakers
Definitions
- pin, brooch; bolt; tacks used by shoemakers
Ancestry of “brocha”, step by step
brocha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French brouche
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | brouche | — |
| 2 | French | brosse | brush; crew cut; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 4 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 5 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 6 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via Old French broche
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | broche | brooch, pin; spit |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | brocca | fork, roasting-spit |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πρόχοος | ewer for pouring water upon the hands of guests;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πρό- | in front of; before |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πρό | before; before, in front, forth, forward; before,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |