Where does “ბრა” come from?
ბრა (Georgian) comes from Russian бра, from French bras, from Middle French bras, from Old French bras, from Latin brachium, from Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων, from Ancient Greek βραχύς — short.
ბრა (Georgian): bracket
Ancestry of “ბრა”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | бра | sconce, light fixture on a wall |
| 2 | French | bras | arm |
| 3 | Middle French | bras | arm |
| 4 | Old French | bras | arm |
| 5 | Latin | brachium | Alternative form of bracchium; arm, branch; limb |
| 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 |