Where does “brad” come from?

brad (Volapük) comes from French bras, from Middle French bras, from Old French bras, from Latin brachium, from Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων, from Ancient Greek βραχύς, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus — short.

brad (Volapük): arm

Definitions

  1. arm

Ancestry of “brad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbrasarm
2Middle Frenchbrasarm
3Old Frenchbrasarm
4LatinbrachiumAlternative form of bracchium; arm, branch; limb
5Latinbracchiumforearm; arm; limb of an animal
6Ancient Greekβραχίωνthe arm, the shoulder; comparative degree of...
7Ancient Greekβραχύςshort, brief; short, small, little; few
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short

Words derived from “brad

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰusEvery word from Ancient Greek βραχύς
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