Where does “بريكة” come from?

بريكة (Moroccan Arabic) comes from French briquet, from Middle French briquet, from Middle French brique — brick.

بريكة (Moroccan Arabic): lighter (cigarette)

Definitions

  1. lighter (cigarette)

Ancestry of “بريكة”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbriquetfrizzen; lighter; beagle
2Middle Frenchbriquetpiece, morsel
3Middle Frenchbriquebrick
Every word from Middle French brique →Every word from Middle French briquet →Every word from French briquet →