Bragança

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰérǵʰonts“high”
2. Proto-Celtic · derived from*Brigantī
3. Latin · derived fromBrigantia
4. Portuguese · borrowed fromBragança
5. English todayBragança

Borrowed from Portuguese Bragança, from Latin Brigantia, from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī, *brigantī, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high”), from the root *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise”) + *-onts (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of Brigantia.

Words from the same roots