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Where does “browplasty” come from?

browplasty (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.

browplasty (English): A browlift

Definitions

  1. A browlift

Ancestry of “browplasty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbrowThe ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow; The first...
2Middle EnglishbroweThe eyebrow; The brow; The eyelid
3Old Englishbrū—
4West Germanic*brāwu—
5Proto-Germanicbrūwōeyebrow
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃bʰrúHseyebrow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs →