Where does “bran” come from?

Bran comes from Middle English bren, from Old French bren, from Gaulish brennos, ultimately from Proto-Celtic bragnos and Proto-Indo-European bʰreHg-.

bran (English): The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or...

Definitions

  1. The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or...

Ancestry of “bran”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishbranThe ground husk of wheat
2Old Frenchbrenbran
3Gaulishbrennosrotten
4Proto-Celticbragnosrotten
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰreHg-to smell, to have a strong odour

Words derived from “bran”

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