Where does “brow” come from?

Brow comes from Middle English browe, from Old English brū, from Proto-Germanic brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs.

brow (English): The ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow; The first...

Definitions

  1. The ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow; The first...

Ancestry of “brow”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishbroweThe eyebrow; The brow; The eyelid
2Old Englishbrūan eyelash
3West Germanic*brāwu
4Proto-Germanicbrūwōeyebrow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃bʰrúHseyebrow

Words derived from “brow

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs
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