Where does “bracchium” come from?

bracchium (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek βραχίων, from Ancient Greek βραχύς, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- — short.

bracchium (Latin): forearm; arm; limb of an animal

Definitions

  1. forearm; arm; limb of an animal

Ancestry of “bracchium”, step by step

bracchium traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek βραχίων

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekβραχίωνthe arm, the shoulder; comparative degree of...
2Ancient Greekβραχύςshort, brief; short, small, little; few
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short

via Ancient Greek βραχῑ́ων

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekβραχῑ́ωνupper arm

Words derived from “bracchium

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ-
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