Where does “Bredouille” come from?
Bredouille (German) comes from French bredouille, from French bredouiller, from Old French bredeler, from French bretonner, from French Breton, from Old French Breton, from Latin britto, from Latin Brittania — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Bredouille (German): quandary, jam, pickle
Definitions
- quandary, jam, pickle
Ancestry of “Bredouille”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bredouille | empty-handed; a token used to mark points in a... |
| 2 | French | bredouiller | to stammer, to mumble |
| 3 | Old French | bredeler | — |
| 4 | French | bretonner | to talk or speak Breton; to talk or speak... |
| 5 | French | Breton | the Breton language |
| 6 | Old French | Breton | Breton |
| 7 | Latin | britto | a Briton |
| 8 | Latin | Brittania | Britain |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Βρεττανία | the British Isles |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |