brough · noun1
A metathetic form of burgh (“mound, settlement”) employed in a special sense; thus a doublet of it, borough, Brough, burr (“halo, brough”), burrow, and Bury. For the semantic development, compare German Hof (“brough, halo, nimb”).
Brough · proper noun2
- Old English · inherited fromburh“fortified place”
- English todayBrough
From Old English burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of borough, burgh, and Bury.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishburh all →
boroughMiddlesbroughburleyburrowburghDewsburybirkAldeburghCanonburyAldboroughBerry Pomeroy-boro-borough-burghburhBurphamBurrough on the HillHemingbroughOnibury
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