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Where does “brogilos” come from?

brogilos (Gaulish) comes from Proto-Celtic mrogis, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

Ancestry of “brogilos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticmrogisborder, borderland, march, mark; region, country,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

Words derived from “brogilos”

  • brolo
  • Dubreuil
  • breuil
  • bruil
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