bracelet

bracelet
\ \ [15] The Latin word for ‘bracelet’ was bracchiāle, a derivative of bracchium ‘arm’ – thus, ‘something worn on or round the arm’.
\ \ This passed into Old French as bracel, which made a brief and unconvincing appearance in English in the early 16th century. It was the French diminutive form, bracelet, which caught on in English. Its colloquial use as a term for ‘handcuffs’ goes back to the early 19th century.

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  • Bracelet — (frz. Braßläh), Armband, Armspange …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

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