Word origin
[1575–85; ‹ MF, deriv. of
branler to shake, swing (prob. from the phrase
branler une danse), OF
bran(
s)
ler to move (a limb, the head), contr. of
brandeler to shake, equiv. to
brand(
ir) to
brandish +
-eler suffix of expressive verbs ‹ VL *
-illāre]This word is first recorded in the period 1575–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: magazine, medium, orthodox, recall, stripper