beret

The story

1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*birros“short”
2. Gaulish · derived frombirrus“short cloak”
3. Late Latin · derived frombirrus“large hooded cloak”
4. Medieval Latin · derived frombirretum
5. Old Occitan · derived fromberret
6. French · borrowed frombéret
7. English todayberet

Borrowed from French béret, from Occitan (Gascon) berret (“cap”), from Old Occitan berret, from Medieval Latin birretum, from Late Latin birrus (“large hooded cloak”), from Gaulish birrus (“short cloak”), from Proto-Celtic *birros (“short”) (compare Welsh byr, Middle Irish berr). Compare biretta.

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