- the
English word breeches.
Braies via Old
French originate from Latin:
bracae,
plural of
braca (also
spelled braccae),
referring to the
shapeless pants...
-
central European words, such as
beber (beaver), of
Germanic origin, and
bracae (breeches), of
Celtic origin. The
specific dialects of
Latin across Latin-speaking...
-
Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Band I, 2,
Stuttgart 1893ff., Sp. 2100 f.
James Yates:
Bracae. In:
William Smith: A
Dictionary of Gr**** and
Roman Antiquities. John Murray...
- Vindobonensis), and even a
miniskirt (tunicula minima) and hot
pants (brevissimae
bracae femineae). Some 600 such
terms extracted from the book
appear on a page...
- Gaul", as
opposed to
Gallia Bracata "trousered Gaul", a term
derived from
bracae ("breeches", the
native costume of the
northern "barbarians") for Gallia...
- 1992 (Canary Is.)
Oecobius beatus Gertsch & Davis, 1937 (Mexico)
Oecobius bracae Shear, 1970 (Mexico)
Oecobius caesaris Wunderlich, 1987 (Canary Is., Azores)...
- genista, <
Maybe Lat.
quercus pants,
knickers bragas < Lat.
braca <
Celtic bracae cuecas < Lat.
culus +
suffix 'ecas' (bed)
sheet sábana < Lat. sabăna lençol...
-
resemblance in the
loose trousers, but
whether those were the same as the
Gallic bracae is hard to say. The
connection is
tantalizing because the *wagniones have...
-
Europe in cold weather. In
northern Europe, long-sleeved tunics,
trousers (
bracae),
socks (worn
inside the caligae) and
laced boots were
commonly worn in...
-
Europe in cold weather. In
northern Europe, long-sleeved tunics,
trousers (
bracae),
socks (worn
inside the caligae) and
laced boots were
commonly worn in...
