Etymology

brunt

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Today it means: The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event. Full definition →

Middle English brunt ← Old Norse brundr ← Proto-Germanic *brunstiz
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brunt · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*brunstiz
  2. Old Norse · derived frombrundr
  3. Middle English · inherited frombrunt
  4. English todaybrunt

From Middle English brunt, bront (“sudden onset, attack, charge, blow”), from Old Norse brundr or brundtíð (“oestrus, rut”) (from Proto-Germanic *brunstiz), or bruna (“to rush”, literally “to advance like wildfire”) (see brenna).

Brunt · proper noun2

* As an English surname, from placenames derived from the adjective burnt. Compare Brent. * As an Irish surname, variant of Prunty. * As a Dutch surname, possibly a variant of Bruns.

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