braza

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβραχίων“upper arm”
2. Latin · derived frombrachia
3. Old Spanish · derived frombraça
4. Spanish · borrowed frombraza“Spanish brace”
5. English todaybraza

From Spanish braza (“Spanish brace”), from Old Spanish braça, from Latin brachia, variant of bracchium (“arm, cubit”), from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “upper arm”).

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