Etymology

bride

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Today it means: A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married. Full definition →

Middle English bride ← Old English brȳd ← Proto-West Germanic *brūdi
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bride · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*brūdiz“bride”
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*brūdi
  3. Old English · inherited frombrȳd“bride”
  4. Middle English · inherited frombride
  5. English todaybride

From Middle English bride, from Old English brȳd (“bride”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz (“bride”). Cognates Cognate with Yola breede (“bride”), Saterland Frisian Bräid (“bride”), Alemannic German Bruut (“bride”), Central Franconian Brock, Brutt, Bruut (“bride”), Dutch bruid (“bride”), German and Luxembourgish Braut (“bride”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish brud (“bride”), Faroese and Icelandic brúður (“bride”), Norwegian Nynorsk brud, brur (“bride”), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bruþs, “bride”), French bru (“daughter-in-law”), Friulian brût (“daughter-in-law”) (from Old High German brut (“bride”)).

bride · noun2

  1. French · borrowed frombride“bridle”
  2. English todaybride

Borrowed from French bride (“bridle”).

Bride · proper noun3

* As an Irish and Scottish surname, shortened from McBride. * As an English surname, metathesized from Bird.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.