breeches
English
/ˈbɹiːtʃɪz/, /ˈbɹɪtʃɪz/, /ˈbɹiːtʃɪz/
noun form
Definitions
- (plural of) breech
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English breches, breche inherited from Old English brēċ (breeches) inherited from Proto-Germanic *brōkiz, *brōks (clothing for loins and thighs, trousers).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*brōks
Gloss
clothing for loins and thighs, trousers
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- braccae English
- breach English
- breech English
- breechesless English
- breechesmaker English
- knee English
- knee-breeches English
- maker English
- underbreeches English
- bracae Latin
- bricsesz Hungarian
- bricseszek Hungarian
- broek Dutch, Flemish
- брюки Russian
- brakett Norwegian Bokmål
- *brōkiz Proto-Germanic
- *brōks Proto-Germanic
- brok Norwegian Nynorsk
- bryċe Old English
- brēċ Old English
- breche Middle English
- breches Middle English
- breke Middle English
- bríste Irish
- brístín Irish
- fobhríste Irish
- forbhríste Irish
- brók Old Norse
- braguette Old French
- βράκα Greek (modern)
- breeçhyn Manx
- fo-vreeçhyn Manx
- braies Norman
- *bruoc Old Dutch
- breeks Scots
- *brāca Gaulish
- pleches Abenaki