brochure

The story

1. Latin · derived frombroccus“pointy-toothed”
2. Vulgar Latin · derived frombrocca
3. Old French · derived frombrochier“to pierce”
4. French · borrowed frombrochure“stitched work”
5. English todaybrochure

1748, from French brochure (“stitched work”), from brocher (“to stitch”), from Old French brochier (“to pierce”), from broche (“awl”), from Vulgar Latin brocca, from Latin broccus (“pointy-toothed”). Doublet of broach.

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