brome

brome · noun¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβρόμος“oat, wild oat”
2. English todaybrome

From the genus name, New Latin Bromus, from Ancient Greek βρόμος (brómos, “oat, wild oat”).

brome · noun²

1. Ancient Greekβρῶμος (brômos)
2. Frenchbrome
3. English todaybrome

From French brome, coined from Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”). Doublet of bromus.

Words from the same roots