Etymology

bravery

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Today it means: Being brave, courageousness. Full definition →

Middle French braverie ← Italian braveria
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The story

  1. Italian · derived frombraveria
  2. Middle French · borrowed frombraverie
  3. English todaybravery

Borrowed from Middle French braverie, from braver (“to brave”), or Italian braveria, from bravare (“to brave”). By surface analysis, brave + -ery.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.