The story
- Old High German · derived frombrun“brown”
- Medieval Latin · derived frombrunus“brown”
- Latin · derived fromBruno“Brown”
- English todayBrunonian
From Bruno + -n- + -ian. From Latin Bruno (“Brown”), from Medieval Latin brunus (“brown”), from Old High German brun (“brown”).
Words from the same roots
Old High Germanbrun all →
Bruno
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.