The story
- Old English · derived fromBrūning
- English todayBrowning
From Old English Brūning, a patronymic for a person nicknamed Brūn (“brown”) (see Brown). For the first half-century of their manufacturer, the majority of semi-automatic handguns in Europe were designed by John M. Browning.
Words from the same roots
Old EnglishBrūning all →
Brunning
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.