English
brancard
Brancard comes from French brancard ‘shaft’, from branche ‘branch’, and ultimately from Late Latin branca ‘paw, foot’.
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEbranca‘paw, foot’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400branche‘branch’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘branch’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentbrancard‘shaft’masculine form of branche
- Englishearliest quotation 1814same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEbranca‘paw, foot’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400branche‘branch’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘branch’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentbrancard‘shaft’masculine form of branche
- Englishearliest quotation 1814same form
Earliest quotation: 1814, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters: “Mr d'Arblay was not only renversé, the brancard striking…”
Every English word from Late Latin branca
Today it means
noun A litter drawn by a horse, on which a person may be carried.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Late Latin branca / brancard