English
broche
Broche comes from Old French broche ‘brooch, pin (jewellery)’, and goes back to Latin broccus ‘a person having projecting teeth, a…’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbroccus‘a person having projecting teeth, a buck-toothed person’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CEbrocca
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400broche‘brooch, pin (jewellery)’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbroccus‘a person having projecting teeth, a buck-toothed person’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CEbrocca
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400broche‘brooch, pin (jewellery)’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Latin broccus ‘a person having projecting teeth, a…’
through Old French broche ‘brooch, pin (jewellery)’
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin broccus / broche