debris

English

/ˈdɛbɹiː/, /dəˈbɹiː/

noun
Definitions
  • Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.
  • Litter and discarded refuse.
  • The ruins of a broken-down structure.
  • (geology) Large rock fragments left by a melting glacier etc.

Etymology

Borrowed from French débris derived from Middle French debriser (break apart) derived from Old French debrisier derived from Frankish *bristijan derived from Proto-Germanic *brestaną (burst, break, rupture) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrest- (burst, separate).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰrest-

Gloss

burst, separate

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