Etymology

brig

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Today it means: A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast. Full definition →

Italian brigantino
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brig · noun, verb1

  1. Italian · derived frombrigantino
  2. English todaybrig

Abbreviated from brigantine, from Italian brigantino; in sense “jail”, from the use of such ships as prisons.

brig · noun2

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*brugjǭ
  2. Old Norse · derived frombryggja
  3. Scots · derived frombrig
  4. English todaybrig

From Scots brig, from Old Norse bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ. Doublet of bridge.

brig · noun3

Clipping of brigadier.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*brugjǭ all →

Bruges

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