Etymology

Branco

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Today it means: A surname from Portuguese. Full definition →

Portuguese Branco
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The story

  1. Portuguese · borrowed fromBranco
  2. English todayBranco

From Portuguese Branco, from branco (“white”), originally a nickname for a light-skinned man.

Words from the same roots

PortugueseBranco all →

Pedra Branca skink

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.