Where does “bruachbhaile” come from?
bruachbhaile (Irish) comes from Irish baile, from English ballet, from French ballet, from Middle French ballet, from Italian balletto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
bruachbhaile (Irish): suburb
Definitions
- suburb
Ancestry of “bruachbhaile”, step by step
bruachbhaile traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish baile
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | baile | home; settlement; genitive singular of bail |
| 2 | English | ballet | A classical form of dance; A theatrical... |
| 3 | French | ballet | ballet |
| 4 | Middle French | ballet | — |
| 5 | Italian | balletto | Diminutive of ballo; short dance; ballet; ballet... |
| 6 | Italian | -etto | Alterative suffix used to form melioratives,... |
| 7 | English | -et | Used to form diminutives, loosely construed |
| 8 | Middle English | -et | Forms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,... |
| 9 | Old French | -et | Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun;... |
| 10 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |
via Irish bruach
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | bruach | bank edge of river, lake, or other watercourse, brink |
| 2 | Old Irish | bruach | edge, brink; margin, border; bank, shore |
| 3 | Old Irish | -ach | Forms adjectives meaning "related to, having,... |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | -ākos | Forms adjectives from nouns and adjectives with... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂ḱos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |