Debris Definition

dəbrē; also dābrē, dābrē; chiefly Brit debrē

noun

Rough, broken bits and pieces of stone, wood, glass, etc., as after destruction; rubble.

Webster's New World

Bits and pieces of rubbish; litter.

Webster's New World

A heap of rock fragments, as that deposited by a glacier.

Webster's New World

The fragmented remains of dead or damaged cells or tissue.

American Heritage Medicine

The ruins of a broken-down structure.

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Origin of Debris

Borrowing from French débris, itself from dé- (“de-”) + bris (“broken, crumbled”), or from Middle French debriser (“to break apart”), from Old French debrisier, itself from de- + brisier (“to break apart, shatter, bust”), from Frankish *brestan (“to break violently, shatter, bust”), from Proto-Germanic *brestaną (“to break, burst”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhrest- (“to separate, burst”). Cogante with Old High German bristan (“to break asunder, burst”), Old English berstan (“to break, shatter, burst”). More at burst.

From Wiktionary
French débris from Old French debrisier to break to pieces de- intensive pref. de– brisier to break (from Vulgar Latin brīsāre to press grapes) (probably of Celtic origin)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition