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Etymology
From branca.
Pronunciation
Noun
branc m (plural brancs)
- a large branch
Further reading
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *brandus (“firebrand, flaming sword, sword”), from Frankish *brand (“firebrand, flaming sword”), from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“firebrand, torch, sword”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenu- (“to burn”). Cognate with Old High German brant (“fire, firebrand, burning iron”), Old English brand (“fire, flame, brand, torch, sword, weapon”), Old Norse brandr (“fire, firebrand, sword”). More at brand.
Noun
branc oblique singular, m (oblique plural brans, nominative singular brans, nominative plural branc)
- blade of a sword
12th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:En la cervele li fist le branc baignier.- He bathed his blade in his brain.
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (brant)