Where does “labrim” come from?
labrim (Haitian Creole) comes from French brume, from Old French brume, from Latin bruma, from Old Occitan bruma, from Latin brūma, from Latin brevima, from Latin brevis, from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis — short.
labrim (Haitian Creole): mist, fog
Definitions
- mist, fog
Ancestry of “labrim”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | brume | mist, haze, fog |
| 2 | Old French | brume | — |
| 3 | Latin | bruma | the winter solstice; winter, winter cold |
| 4 | Old Occitan | bruma | — |
| 5 | Latin | brūma | the winter solstice |
| 6 | Latin | brevima | the shortest |
| 7 | Latin | brevis | short, small, little, narrow; brief, short;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *breɣʷis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mréǵʰus | short; brief |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mreǵʰ- | short |