Etymology

braccae

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Today it means: Shapeless trousers of wool or skin tied at the waist and ankles by cords, worn chiefly by the ancient Gauls. Full definition →

Latin bracae ← Gaulish *brāca ← Celtic
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*brōks
  2. Celtic · derived from
  3. Gaulish · derived from*brāca
  4. Latin · borrowed frombracae
  5. English todaybraccae

Borrowed from Latin bracae, plural of braca, from Gaulish *brāca, of Celtic origin, cognate with Proto-Germanic *brōks; akin to Old High German bruoh (“a pair of breeches”) and to Dutch broek (“a pair of trousers”).

Words from the same roots

Latinbracae all →

vraka

Proto-Germanic*brōks all →

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