Etymology

brunette

bru·nette
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Today it means: Of a brown color or tone. Full definition →

French brunette ← Old French brunete ← Frankish *brūn
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰerH-?
  2. Proto-Germanic*brūnaz
  3. Frankish*brūn
  4. Old Frenchbrun
  5. Old Frenchbrunet
  6. Old Frenchbrunete
  7. Frenchbrunette
  8. English todaybrunette

Borrowed from French brunette, the feminine form of brunet, from brun (“brown”). Doublet of burnet.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.