English
broa
Broa comes from Old Galician-Portuguese borõa.
- Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500borõaearlier origin unknown
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentbroa
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500borõaearlier origin unknown
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentbroa
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
Borrowed from Portuguese broa, possibly of Germanic origin (a doublet of bread).
Linked words
through Proto-Germanic *braudą ‘cooked food, leavened bread’
Today it means
noun A type of cornbread made in Portugal, Galicia and Brazil with wheat, rye and yeast.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Galician-Portuguese borõa / broa