Etymology Explorer › Tagalog

Where does “brotsa” come from?

brotsa (Tagalog) 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.

brotsa (Tagalog): brush; cunnilingus

Definitions

  1. brush; cunnilingus

Ancestry of “brotsa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbrochapaintbrush, brush; feminine singular of brocho
2Frenchbrouche—
3Frenchbrossebrush; crew cut; first-person singular present...
4French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
5Middle French-é—
6Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-Italic-ā—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “brotsa”

  • magbrotsa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →