Where does “brichetă” come from?

brichetă (Romanian) comes from French briquet, from Middle French briquet, from Middle French brique — brick.

brichetă (Romanian): lighter

Definitions

  1. lighter

Ancestry of “brichetă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbriquetfrizzen; lighter; beagle
2Middle Frenchbriquetpiece, morsel
3Middle Frenchbriquebrick

Words derived from “brichetă”

Every word from Middle French brique →Every word from Middle French briquet →Every word from French briquet →
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