English
borachio
Borachio comes from Spanish borracho ‘drunkard, wine bottle’, from Latin burrus ‘red, flushed’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ ‘fire’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*péh₂wr̥‘fire’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pāwərreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπῦρ‘fire’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπυρρόςpurrhós‘tawny, red’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEburrus‘red, flushed’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentborracho‘drunkard, wine bottle’
- Englishearliest quotation 1631borachio
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*péh₂wr̥‘fire’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pāwərreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπῦρ‘fire’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπυρρόςpurrhós‘tawny, red’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEburrus‘red, flushed’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentborracho‘drunkard, wine bottle’
- Englishearliest quotation 1631borachio
Earliest quotation: 1631, Ben Jonson, The Devil is an Ass: “Meer. Yes, / But by my way of dressing,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ ‘fire’
through Proto-Hellenic *pāwər
through Ancient Greek πῦρ ‘fire’
bertram, pyre, pyro, pyrite, 12 more
through Latin burrus ‘red, flushed’
Today it means
noun A drunkard.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ / borachio