Where does “broco” come from?

broco (Galician) comes from Latin broccus, from Gaulish brokkos, from Proto-Celtic brokkos — badger.

broco (Galician): having long projecting horns (applied to oxen)

Definitions

  1. having long projecting horns (applied to oxen)

Ancestry of “broco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinbroccusA person having projecting teeth, a buck-toothed...
2Gaulishbrokkos—
3Proto-Celticbrokkosbadger
Every word from Proto-Celtic brokkos →Every word from Gaulish brokkos →Every word from Latin broccus →