Etymology

sunburnt

S1U1N1B3U1R1N1T1

Today it means: Having a sunburn or dark tan; having been burned by the sun's rays. Full definition →

Middle English sunne brente
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Middle English · inherited fromsunne brente
  2. English todaysunburnt

From Middle English sunne brente, equivalent to sun + burnt.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.