Where does “browless” come from?

browless (English) comes from English brow, from Middle English browe, from Old English brū, from West Germanic *brāwu, from Proto-Germanic brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs — eyebrow.

browless (English): Without a brow or eyebrows; Without shame

Definitions

  1. Without a brow or eyebrows; Without shame

Ancestry of “browless”, step by step

browless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English brow

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbrowThe ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow; The first...
2Middle EnglishbroweThe eyebrow; The brow; The eyelid
3Old Englishbrūan eyelash
4West Germanic*brāwu—
5Proto-Germanicbrūwōeyebrow
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃bʰrúHseyebrow

via English less

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlessTo a smaller extent or degree; comparative form...
2Middle Englishlesfalse; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie
3Old Englishlēasfalse, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose...
4Proto-Germanic*laus—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs →