Etymology

broach

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Today it means: A series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel. For example, the toothed stone chisel shown here. Full definition →

Middle English broche ← Old French broche ← Vulgar Latin brocca
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broach · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Celtic*brokkos
  2. Gaulish*brokkosbor.?
  3. Latinbroccus
  4. Vulgar Latinbrocca
  5. Old Frenchbroche
  6. Middle Englishbroche
  7. English todaybroach

From Middle English broche, from Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin *brocca, originally a feminine form of Latin broccus, perhaps ultimately of Gaulish origin (see Scottish Gaelic bròg). Doublet of brochure.

Broach · proper noun2

  1. Gujarati · borrowed fromભરૂચ
  2. English todayBroach

From Gujarati ભરૂચ (bharūc).

Words from the same roots

Vulgar Latin*brocca all →

brochure

Latinbroccus all →

brochurebroccoli

Gujaratiભરૂચ all →

Bharuch

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