Where does “brume” come from?

brume (Old French) comes from Latin bruma, from Old Occitan bruma, from Latin brūma, from Latin brevima, from Latin brevis, from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- — short.

Ancestry of “brume”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbrumathe winter solstice; winter, winter cold
2Old Occitanbruma—
3Latinbrūmathe winter solstice
4Latinbrevimathe shortest
5Latinbrevisshort, small, little, narrow; brief, short;...
6Proto-Italic*breɣʷis—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short

Words derived from “brume”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus →Every word from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis →