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Where does “brecho” come from?

brecho (Ido) comes from Esperanto breĉo, from German brēzel, from Middle High German brēzel, from Old High German breztella, from Latin bracchiatus, from Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων, from Ancient Greek βραχύς — short.

brecho (Ido): breach, break, gap, opening

Definitions

  1. breach, break, gap, opening

Ancestry of “brecho”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantobreĉobreach
2Germanbrēzel—
3Middle High Germanbrēzel—
4Old High Germanbreztella—
5Latinbracchiatushave branches like arms
6Latinbracchiumforearm; arm; limb of an animal
7Ancient Greekβραχίωνthe arm, the shoulder; comparative degree of...
8Ancient Greekβραχύςshort, brief; short, small, little; few
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short

Words derived from “brecho”

  • brechizar
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