Etymology

brewster

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Today it means: A unit of stress optical coefficient which is equal to 10⁻¹² m²/N or 10⁻¹² Pa⁻¹. Symbol: B. Full definition →

Middle English brewestere ← Old English brēowan ← Proto-West Germanic *breuwan
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brewster · noun1

After David Brewster.

brewster · noun2

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

Circa 1300, from Middle English brewestere; equivalent to brew + -ster.

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