Brass etymology

English

English word brass comes from Ancient Greek λείπω, Ancient Greek ἐν, and later Latin ellipsis (Ellipse. Ellipsis.)

Etymology of brass

Detailed word origin of brass

Dictionary entry Language Definition
λείπω Ancient Greek (grc)
ἐν Ancient Greek (grc)
ἐλλείπω Ancient Greek (grc)
ἔλλειψις Ancient Greek (grc)
ellipsis Latin (lat) Ellipse. Ellipsis.
ellipsis English (en) (film) The omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot.. (typography) A mark consisting of three periods, historically with spaces in between, before, and after them “ . . . ”, nowadays a single character “…” Ellipses are used to indicate that words have been omitted in a text or that they are missing or illegible.. (grammar, rhetoric) The omission of a grammatically required [...]
brass English (en) (countable, slang) A brass nail; a prostitute.. (uncountable, slang) Brass in pocket; money. (slang) Brass monkey; cold.

Words with the same origin as brass

Descendants of ἐν

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