Where does “birret” come from?

birret (Old Occitan) comes from Latin birrus, from Gaulish birros, from Proto-Celtic birros — short.

Ancestry of “birret”, step by step

birret traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin birrus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbirrushooded coat; hooded cape
2Gaulishbirros—
3Proto-Celticbirrosshort

via Late Latin birrus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinbirrusa kind of cloak; large hooded cloak; hooded coat
2Gaulishbirrusshort cloak

Words derived from “birret”

Every word from Proto-Celtic birros →Every word from Gaulish birros →Every word from Latin birrus →