brogue
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Searchable Lemmata: bróc (Ir), brogue (MdE).
Alternate Forms:
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.) ;
shoe or hose. Originally, the term was probably used as 'breek', a pair of hose or stocking that covered the feet. The sense 'shoe' is not found in the English or Norse.( ?)
Ceremonial: No
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Etymological Evidence:
Speculative, There is uncertainty regarding the origin of this word. It is usually taken to be a borrowing of OE bróc or ON brók 'breech'. Éigse 3, 237; JCS 1, 47, and the entry in VLEIA.
However, older etymologies have considered Ir. bróc as a cognate of Gaulish bracca (> Latin bracae), in which case the word is common Celtic (and therefore either borrowed from germanic at a much earlier period; cf. Germanic tun < Celt. dun) or an old cognate between the language families.
WF:
Etym Cog: breek.
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