Where does “brusco” come from?
brusco (Spanish) comes from Italian brusco, from Italian bruscare, from Romanian -re, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
brusco (Spanish): sudden, brusque; rough, careless
Definitions
- sudden, brusque; rough, careless
Ancestry of “brusco”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | brusco | abrupt, sudden, brusque; first-person singular... |
| 2 | Italian | bruscare | to clean with a scrubbing brush; to toast |
| 3 | Romanian | -re | -ing, -ation |
| 4 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “brusco”