Etymology

abrazo

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Today it means: A Latin American embrace. Full definition →

First used First attested in the early 20th century.Spanish abrazar ← Latin bracchium
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frombracchium
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromabrazar“to embrace”
  3. English todayabrazo

Borrowed from Spanish abrazar (“to embrace”), from a + brazo (“arm”), from Latin bracchium.

Words from the same roots

Latinbracchium all →

brabrachio-brachiumsecular arm

First known use, by meaning

  • First attested in the early 20th century. A Latin American embrace.

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