braille
BRAYL · noun
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Origin
Braille comes from French braille, named after Louis Braille (1809–1852), the French educator who devised the raised-dot writing system for the blind.
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Journey
The word simply carried the inventor's name into English as the label for his system.
Related words
English says it as /breɪl/, which looks like a spelling pronunciation, since French actually says the name with /aj/, closer to 'brye' than 'brayl'.
More words
From French