Where does “Brimborium” come from?

Brimborium (German) comes from English brimborion, from Latin breviārium, from Latin brevis, from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- — short.

Brimborium (German): fuss, rigmarole

Definitions

  1. fuss, rigmarole

Ancestry of “Brimborium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbrimborionA useless or worthless object
2LatinbreviāriumA short piece of writing: a brief, a report
3Latinbrevisshort, small, little, narrow; brief, short;...
4Proto-Italic*breɣʷis
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰusEvery word from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis