The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπυρρός“tawny, red”
- Latin · derived fromburrus“red, flushed”
- Spanish · derived fromborracho“drunkard, wine bottle”
- English todayborachio
From Spanish borracho (“drunkard, wine bottle”), from Latin burrus (“red, flushed”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “tawny, red”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπυρρός all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.