second (num.)
→
bran
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Semantic evolution | |
| Language 1 | Latin | |
| Language 2 | French | |
| Lexeme 1 | secundus | |
| Lexeme 2 | son | |
| Meaning 1 | second (num.) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | bran | Ceci est du pain de son. This bread is done with bran. |
| Reference | CNRTL | |
| Comment | presumably through an earlier Old French form *seon; compare an attested Medieval Latin seonno, seonnum. Cognate with Catalan segó 'bran'. |
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The meaning derives from the fact that bran results from a second sifting of flour.