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Where does “brutto” come from?

brutto (German) comes from Italian brutto, from Latin brūtus, from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European -us — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.

brutto (German): gross

Definitions

  1. gross

Ancestry of “brutto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbruttougly, bad, nasty; ugly person; first-person...
2Latinbrūtus—
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷréh₂usheavy
4Proto-Indo-European-usForms adjectives from Caland system roots

Words derived from “brutto”

  • Bruttoreaktion
  • bruto
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