Brasserie Definition
Other Word Forms of Brasserie
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Origin of Brasserie
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Borrowing from French brasserie, from brasser (“to brew”), from Old French bracer, from brace 'malt', from Gaulish brace (compare Welsh brag, Scottish braigh); akin to Latin marcēre 'to wither, droop', marcor 'putrification', Old Norse mǫrr 'suet, tallow', Lithuanian mèrkti 'to macerate, soak flax'.
From Wiktionary
French from brasser to malt, brew from Old French bracier from Vulgar Latin braciāre from Latin brace malt of Celtic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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