Where does “brazen” come from?

Brazen comes from Middle English brasen, from Old English bræsen, meaning made of brass or resembling brass.

brazen (English): Pertaining to, made of, or resembling brass;...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to, made of, or resembling brass;...

Ancestry of “brazen”, step by step

brazen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English brasen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishbrasenFormed from bronze, brass, or copper
2Old Englishbrasian—
3Old Englishbræsore; brass or bronze
4Proto-Germanicbrasnazbrazen
5Proto-Germanicbrasōgleed, crackling coal; fire, pyre
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰres‑to burst; break; crack; crackle

via Proto-Slavic porzdьnъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicporzdьnъempty

Words derived from “brazen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰres‑ →