Where does “brancho” come from?
brancho (Ido) comes from Esperanto branĉo, from English branch, from Middle English branche, from Old French branche, from Late Latin branca, from Gaulish vranca, from Proto-Indo-European wrónkeh₂.
brancho (Ido): branch, bough, limb; half of a symmetrical curve
Definitions
- branch, bough, limb; half of a symmetrical curve
Ancestry of “brancho”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | branĉo | branch |
| 2 | English | branch | The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk... |
| 3 | Middle English | branche | — |
| 4 | Old French | branche | branch |
| 5 | Late Latin | branca | footprint, paw; footprint”, later also “paw, claw |
| 6 | Gaulish | vranca | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wrónkeh₂ | — |