Etymology

Brownlee

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Today it means: A surname from Old English. Full definition →

Old English brūn
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  1. Old English · derived frombrūn“brown”
  2. English todayBrownlee

Habitational surname from Old English brūn (“brown”) + lēah (“clearing in a forest”). Equivalent to brown + -lee (“lea”); compare Brown.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishbrūn all →

BrownlowBrownriggbroon

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.