brazier

brazier · noun¹

1. Old English · derived frombrasian
2. Middle English · inherited frombrasiere
3. English todaybrazier

From Middle English brasiere, from brasen (“to cover with brass”), from Old English brasian, bræsian (“to cover with brass”). By surface analysis, bras(s) + -ier.

brazier · noun²

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*brasō
2. Old French · derived frombrasier
3. Middle French · derived frombraisier
4. French · borrowed frombrasier“pan of hot coals”
5. English todaybrazier

From French brasier (“pan of hot coals”), from Middle French braisier, from Old French brasier, from brese (“embers, hot coals”), of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brasō. See braise.

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