Where does “bray” come from?
bray (Middle English) comes from Old French braire, from Vulgar Latin bragio, from Gaulish bragu, from Welsh -u, from Middle Welsh -u, from Proto-Brythonic -oβ̃ — Forms verbal nouns, originally from thematic...
Ancestry of “bray”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | braire | to bray; to cry out; to shout out |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | bragio | I bray, make animal noises; I cry, weep |
| 3 | Gaulish | bragu | — |
| 4 | Welsh | -u | impression, imprint |
| 5 | Middle Welsh | -u | — |
| 6 | Proto-Brythonic | -oβ̃ | Forms verbal nouns, originally from thematic... |
Words derived from “bray”