brame

brame · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰrem-“to make a noise; hum; buzz”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*bramjaną“to roar; bellow”
3. Frankish · derived from*brammjan
4. Germanic · derived from
5. Old French · derived frombrame
6. Middle English · inherited frombrame
7. English todaybrame

From Middle English brame, from Old French brame, bram (“a cry of pain or longing; a yammer”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *brammjan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bramjaną (“to roar; bellow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- (“to make a noise; hum; buzz”). Compare Old High German breman (“to roar”), Old English bremman (“to roar”). More at brim. Compare breme.

Brame · proper noun²

1. Frankish · derived from*brammjan“to roar”
2. Old French · derived frombrame“cry, howl”
3. English todayBrame

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Bream. * As a French surname, of Occitan origin, from Old French brame (“cry, howl”), itself a Germanic borrowing from Frankish *brammjan (“to roar”).

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