brassière

/bʁa.sjɛʁ/ · noun

Meaning

child's vest
life jacket
brassiere, bra

Etymology / origin

Inherited from Old French braciere (originally a lining inside armor to protect the arm, but later a garment), from Old French brace (“arm”). Equivalent to bras + -ière.

brace(Old French)→
braciere(fro)→
braciere(fro)→
brassière (French)
Relations: inh, inh, der

Related words

braciere(fro)brace(Old French)ဘရာစီယာ(Burmese)bra(Cebuano)bra(English)brassiere(English)bra(Indonesian)braseri(Indonesian)ブラジャー(Japanese)brasieră(Romanian)brasier(Spanish)

Descendant words

ဘရာစီယာ(Burmese) (bor)
bra(Cebuano) (der)
bra(English) (der)
brassiere(English) (bor)
bra(Indonesian) (der)
braseri(Indonesian) (der)
ブラジャー(Japanese) (der)
brasieră(Romanian) (bor)
brasier(Spanish) (der)

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