Where does “brigante” come from?

brigante (Italian) comes from Italian brigare, from Italian briga, from Proto-Germanic brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “brigante”, step by step

brigante traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian brigare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbrigareto intrigue
2Italianbrigatrouble, bother; third-person singular present...
3Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

via Latin brigō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbrigō—
2Frankish*biwrīhan—
3Frankishbi-be-

Words derived from “brigante”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic brekaną →Every word from Italian briga →
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