Where does “Bracon” come from?

Bracon (Latin) comes from Translingual Bracon, from Occitan bracon, from Old Occitan bracon, from Proto-Germanic brakko, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.

Bracon (Latin): Any wasp of the genus Bracon

Definitions

  1. Any wasp of the genus Bracon

Ancestry of “Bracon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualBracongenus
2Occitanbracon—
3Old Occitanbracon—
4Proto-Germanicbrakkosetter
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic brakko →Every word from Old Occitan bracon →