Where does “brocheta” come from?
brocheta (Spanish) comes from Spanish brocha, from French brouche, from French brosse, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.
brocheta (Spanish): skewer
Definitions
- skewer
Ancestry of “brocheta”, step by step
brocheta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish brocha
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | brocha | paintbrush, brush; feminine singular of brocho |
| 2 | French | brouche | — |
| 3 | French | brosse | brush; crew cut; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 5 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 6 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 7 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |