Etymology

brambleberry

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Today it means: The blackberry (plant or fruit). Full definition →

Middle English brymbyll bery ← Old English brǣmelberġe ← Proto-West Germanic *brāmilabaʀi
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*brāmilabaʀi
  2. Old English · inherited frombrǣmelberġe
  3. Middle English · inherited frombrymbyll bery
  4. English todaybrambleberry

From Middle English brymbyll bery, from Old English brǣmelberġe, from Proto-West Germanic *brāmilabaʀi, equivalent to bramble + berry.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.