Etymology

brassiere

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Today it means: Synonym of bra. Full definition →

First used 1900sFrench brassière
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The story

  1. French · borrowed frombrassière
  2. English todaybrassiere

Borrowed from French brassière. Doublet of brachiaria.

Words from the same roots

Frenchbrassière all →

bra

First known use, by meaning

  • from 1900s Synonym of bra.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.