Where does “brutto” come from?
brutto (Polish) comes from Italian brutto, from Latin brūtus, from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European -us — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.
brutto (Polish): gross
Ancestry of “brutto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | brutto | ugly, bad, nasty; ugly person; first-person... |
| 2 | Latin | brūtus | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷréh₂us | heavy |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -us | Forms adjectives from Caland system roots |