Etymology

vraka

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Today it means: (A pair of) baggy breeches worn in the Balkans, the Greek islands (especially Crete) and in Cyprus chiefly by men but also by women Full definition →

Greek βράκα (vráka)translit. ← Medieval Greek βράκα (bráka) ← Latin braca
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰreg-
  2. Proto-Germanic*brōksder.?
  3. Transalpine Gaulish*bracader.?
  4. Latinbraca
  5. Medieval Greekβράκα (bráka)
  6. Greekβράκα (vráka)translit.
  7. English todayvraka

Transliteration of Greek βράκα (vráka), from Medieval Greek βράκα (bráka), a singular feminine noun from the Hellenistic plural of Koine Greek βράκες (brákes), from Latin brācae (singular brāca). Doublet of breech.

Words from the same roots

Latinbrācae all →

braccae

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