Etymology

brimborion

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Today it means: A useless or worthless object. Full definition →

French brimborion ← Middle French borbotorion, breborion, breborium, brimborion, brinborion ← Ecclesiastical Latin breviārium
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The story

  1. Middle French · derived frombribe, brimbe
  2. Ecclesiastical Latin · derived frombreviārium
  3. Middle French · derived fromborbotorion, breborion, breborium, brimborion, brinborion
  4. French · borrowed frombrimborion
  5. English todaybrimborion

From French brimborion, from Middle French borbotorion, breborion, breborium, brimborion, brinborion, from Ecclesiastical Latin breviārium with influence from Middle French bribe, brimbe. Doublet of breviary and brevier.

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