Etymology

umbraid

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Today it means: To upbraid. Full definition →

Middle English umbreiden
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The story

  1. Middle English · inherited fromumbreiden“to scold, reproach”
  2. English todayumbraid

From Middle English umbreiden (“to scold, reproach”). By surface analysis, um- + braid.

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