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Where does “brigante” come from?

brigante (Italian) comes from Italian -ante, from Latin -āns, from Latin -ns, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön-, from Turkish ön — sound, voice.

brigante (Italian): brigand, bandit; rascal; present participle of...

Definitions

  1. brigand, bandit; rascal; present participle of...

Ancestry of “brigante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-anteUsed with a stem to form the present participle...
2Latin-āns—
3Latin-ns-ing; ending of the present active participle
4Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
5Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
6Hungarianönyou
7Hungarianön-self-
8Turkishönfront
9Ottoman Turkishاوك—
10Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice

Words derived from “brigante”

  • brig
  • brigantine
  • gun-brig
  • brigantesco
  • brigantino
  • briganti
  • brigantescamente
  • бриг
  • брига
  • brigantin
  • brick
  • bryg
  • brig
  • brik
  • brigg
  • βρίκιον
  • brigantik
  • briganti
  • brigg
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