Etymology

underbrush

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Today it means: The small trees and other plants that clutter the floor of a forest. Full definition →

English brush ← Middle English brusshe ← Old French broisse
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*bʰers-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*bʰr̥stís
  14. Proto-Germanic*bʰurstís
  15. Proto-Germanic*burstiz
  16. Frankish*bursti
  17. Vulgar Latin*brustia
  18. Old Frenchbroisse
  19. Middle Englishbrusshe
  20. Englishbrush
  21. English todayunderbrush

From under- + brush.

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