Word Origin Summary

Βραχύς is attested in Ancient Greek. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. *brəkʰúsProto-Hellenicinherited from
2. *mréǵʰusProto-Indo-Europeaninherited from

Descendants and Related Terms

• Brachycera

  Translingual · derived from

• Brachyura

  Translingual · derived from

• Brachygastra

  Translingual · derived from

• brachyrhynchos

  Latin · derived from

• brachytherapy

  English · derived from

• Brachyramphus

  Translingual · derived from

• brachy-

  Polish · derived from

• brachyology

  English · derived from

What You Can Explore

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• 📅Historical timeline — when the word entered different languages
• 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root