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Where does “берет” come from?

берет (Russian) comes from French béret, from Occitan berret, from Medieval Latin birretum, from Late Latin birrus, from Gaulish birrus, from Proto-Celtic birros — short.

берет (Russian): third-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “берет”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbéretberet
2Occitanberretcap
3Medieval Latinbirretum—
4Late Latinbirrusa kind of cloak; large hooded cloak; hooded coat
5Gaulishbirrusshort cloak
6Proto-Celticbirrosshort
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