Proto-Germanic

*brōks

‘leggings, breeches, trousers’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *brōks.

6 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *brōks, most familiar first.

• bracket ← *braget ← braguette ← brague ← braga
• breech ← breche ← brēċ ← *brōkiz
• breeches ← breches ← breche ← brēċ ← brōc
• brogan ← bróg ← bróc ← brók
• brogue ← bróg ← bróc ← brók
• brog ← bróc ← brók

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *brōks