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Where does “brallen” come from?

brallen (Middle English) comes from French brailler, from Vulgar Latin bragulare, from Latin bragere.

brallen (Middle English): to clamour, to shout; to quarrel; to boast

Definitions

  1. to clamour, to shout; to quarrel; to boast

Ancestry of “brallen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbraillerto holler, yell; to bawl
2Vulgar Latinbragulare—
3Latinbragere—

Words derived from “brallen”

  • brawl
  • brawling
  • brawler
  • brawly
  • brawlingly
  • brawleth
  • outbrawl
  • brawlest
  • beanbrawl
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