Etymology

bring up

Today it means: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, up: To bring from a lower to a higher position. Full definition →

Middle English bryngen up
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  1. Middle English · derived fromupbryngen“to bring up, raise”
  2. Middle English · inherited frombryngen up
  3. English todaybring up

From Middle English bryngen up, dissimilated from Middle English upbryngen (“to bring up, raise”). Doublet of upbring.

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