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briser
Old French · medieval
"to break"
meaning "to break", possibly of Celtic origin
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débris
French · 1600s
"scattered broken pieces"
the noun form for scattered broken fragments
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debris
English · 1700s
"scattered pieces of rubbish or wreckage"
adopted directly from French
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