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Where does “trebus” come from?

trebus (Old French) comes from Late Latin tubrucus, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhabrōks, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

Ancestry of “trebus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latintubrucus—
2Proto-Germanic*þeuhabrōks—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer
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