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bri.

esteem, prestige

3 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/briː/

  1. esteem, prestige

    masculine

  2. honour, respect

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh bri, from Proto-Brythonic *briɣ, from Proto-Celtic *brīgos (“importance”) (compare Old Irish bríg (“force, power”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷrih₂-g-, a suffixed extended form of *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”) (compare Latin gravis, Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús), and Sanskrit गुरु (gurú).

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