Where does “ブラジャー” come from?
ブラジャー (Japanese) comes from English brassière, from French brassière, from Old French braciere, from Old French brace, from Latin bracchia, from Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων, from Ancient Greek βραχύς — short.
ブラジャー (Japanese): a brassiere
Definitions
- a brassiere
Ancestry of “ブラジャー”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | brassière | Alternative form of brassiere |
| 2 | French | brassière | child's vest; life jacket; brassiere, bra |
| 3 | Old French | braciere | — |
| 4 | Old French | brace | arm |
| 5 | Latin | bracchia | nominative plural of bracchium; accusative plural... |
| 6 | Latin | bracchium | forearm; arm; limb of an animal |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βραχίων | the arm, the shoulder; comparative degree of... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βραχύς | short, brief; short, small, little; few |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mréǵʰus | short; brief |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mreǵʰ- | short |