braca

See also: braça, braća, and Braca

Italian

Alternative forms

braga

Etymology

From Latin brāca.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbra.ka/
Rhymes: -aka
Hyphenation: brà‧ca

Noun

braca f (plural brache)

trouser leg
(in the plural) trousers, pants, breeches
harness

Related terms

imbracare
sbracarsi

Anagrams

barca, cabra

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Transalpine Gaulish *brāca, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brāks, *brōks (“rump, hindquarters, crotch; leggings, trousers”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrāg- (“rump, hock, hindquarters”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break, crack, split”). Cognate with Latin suffrāgō (“hindquarters, hock, rump”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbraː.ka/, [ˈbräːkä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbra.ka/, [ˈbräːkä]

Noun

brāca f (genitive brācae); first declension

(chiefly in the plural) trousers, breeches (not worn by the Romans)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	brāca	brācae
Genitive	brācae	brācārum
Dative	brācae	brācīs
Accusative	brācam	brācās
Ablative	brācā	brācīs
Vocative	brāca	brācae

Derived terms

brācātus

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- Romanian: brace
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: braca
Padanian:
- Emilian: brèga
- Friulian: braghis
- Ladin: brea
- Ligurian: brâga
- Lombard: braga
- Piedmontese: braja
Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: braya
- Old French: braie, braiel
  - French: braie
  - → Middle English: brayle, brayell, braille, braell, brael, brayl, brail
    - English: brail
Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: braga
- Occitan: braga (several dialects)
  - Auvergnat: braja, esbraja
  - Limousin: braja, braia
  - Provençal: braia
  - Vivaro-Alpine: braia
- → Old French: brague ⇒ braguette
  - Middle French: braguette
    - → English: bragget, bracket
Ibero-Romance:
- Old Portuguese: bragas
  - Galician: braga
  - Portuguese: braga
- Spanish: braga
Borrowings:
- → Albanian: brekë
- → Basque: praka, fraka
- → Old English: bræċċe, braccas
- → Swedish: bracka

References

“braca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
braca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Spanish

Adjective

braca

feminine singular of braco