Etymology

broon

B3R1O1O1N1

Today it means: The colour brown. Full definition →

Middle English broun ← Old English brūn
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited frombrūn
  2. Middle English · inherited frombroun
  3. English todaybroon

Conserved from Middle English broun, from Old English brūn as opposed to the Standard English pronunciation.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishbrūn all →

BrownleeBrownlowBrownrigg

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.