brew

brew · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰrewh₁-
2. Proto-Germanic*brewwaną
3. Proto-West Germanic*breuwan
4. Old Englishbrēowan
5. Middle Englishbrewen
6. English todaybrew

From Middle English brewen, from Old English brēowan, from Proto-West Germanic *breuwan, from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-. Doublet of burn. Cognate with Dutch brouwen, German brauen, Swedish brygga, Norwegian Bokmål brygge; also Ancient Greek φρέαρ (phréar, “well”), Latin fervēre (“to be hot; to burn; to boil”), Old Irish bruth (“violent, boiling heat”), Sanskrit भुर्वन् (bhurván, “motion of water”). It may be related to English barley.

brew · noun²

1. Old English · inherited frombru“eyebrow”
2. Middle English · inherited frombrewe“eyebrow”
3. English todaybrew

From Middle English brewe (“eyebrow”), from Old English bru (“eyebrow”). Doublet of brow.

Brew · proper noun³

* As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Brugha (“descendant of the farmer”), from brughaire (“farmer”), from brugh (“land”) + -aire. * As a Manx surname, Anglicized from MacVriw, from breitheamh (“deemster”); see Brain. * As a German and Alemannic German surname, Americanized from Breu, Breuer.

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