noun, masculine/bɛʁ.so/plural: berceaux
cradle, crib (bed for a baby); cradle, birthplace, place of origin; arch, vault
From Old French berçuel (diminutive of bers) from Vulgar Latin berciolum diminutive of *bertium, from Gaulish *berta, from Proto-Celtic *bertā, variant of *bereti (“to carry”). Compare Old Irish bert (“bundle”). Cognate with Catalan bressol, Portuguese berço and Galician berce.