Etymology

brushy

brush·y
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Today it means: Having a similar texture to a fox’s tail; brushlike, bushy. Full definition →

English brush ← Middle English brusshe ← Old French broisse
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰers-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰr̥stís
  3. Proto-Germanic*bʰurstís
  4. Proto-Germanic*burstiz
  5. Frankish*bursti
  6. Vulgar Latin*brustia
  7. Old Frenchbroisse
  8. Middle Englishbrusshe
  9. Englishbrush
  10. English todaybrushy

From brush + -y.

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