brogue

brogue · noun, verb¹

1. Irish · derived frombarróg“a hold (on the tongue)”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*brōks“breeches”
3. Old Norse · derived frombrók“breeches”
4. Old Irish · derived frombróc“shoe, greave, legging, hose, breeches”
5. Irish · borrowed frombróg“boot, shoe”
6. English todaybrogue

Borrowed from Irish bróg (“boot, shoe”), from Old Irish bróc (“shoe, greave, legging, hose, breeches”), likely from Old Norse brók (“breeches”), from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“breeches”). The "accent" sense may instead be derived from Irish barróg (“a hold (on the tongue)”).

brogue · verb²

1. French · derived frombrouiller
2. English todaybrogue

Possibly from French brouiller.

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