Etymology

brained

B3R1A1I1N1E1D2

Today it means: Having a particular kind or number of brain. Full definition →

English brain ← Middle English brayn ← Old English bræġn
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mregʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mrógʰ-n̥ ~ *mrégʰ-n̥-s
  3. Proto-Germanic*bragną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*bragn
  5. Old Englishbræġn
  6. Middle Englishbrayn
  7. Englishbrain
  8. English todaybrained

From brain + -ed.

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