Where does “brazenface” come from?

brazenface (English) comes from English brazen, from Middle English brasen, from Old English brasian, from Old English bræs, from Proto-Germanic brasnaz, from Proto-Germanic brasō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰres‑ — to burst; break; crack; crackle.

brazenface (English): An impudent or shameless person

Definitions

  1. An impudent or shameless person

Ancestry of “brazenface”, step by step

brazenface traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English brazen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbrazenPertaining to, made of, or resembling brass;...
2Middle EnglishbrasenFormed from bronze, brass, or copper
3Old Englishbrasian
4Old Englishbræsore; brass or bronze
5Proto-Germanicbrasnazbrazen
6Proto-Germanicbrasōgleed, crackling coal; fire, pyre
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰres‑to burst; break; crack; crackle

via English face

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfaceThe front part of the head of a human or other...
2Middle Englishfaceface; Alternative form of fass
3Old Frenchfaceface
4Late Latinfacia
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰres‑
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