Proto-Celtic
*brīgos
‘power’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Celtic *brīgos.
5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Celtic *brīgos, most familiar first.
- brig ← brigantino ← brigante ← brigare ← briga
- brigadier ← brigade ← brigade ← brigata ← brigare
- brio ← briu ← *brīgos
- brigand ← brigaunt ← briga
- brigue ← briguer ← briga
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Etymograph / Proto-Celtic *brīgos