Where does “brushes” come from?

Brushes comes from Middle English brusshe, Old French broisse, Vulgar Latin brustia, Proto-Germanic burstiz, and Proto-Indo-European bʰr̥stís, ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European root bʰers-.

brushes (English): plural of brush; Third-person singular simple...

Definitions

  1. plural of brush; Third-person singular simple...

Ancestry of “brushes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbrushAn implement consisting of multiple more or less...
2Middle Englishbrusshe—
3Old Frenchbroisse—
4Vulgar Latinbrustia—
5Icelandicburstibrush
6Proto-Germanicburstizbristle
7Proto-Germanicbʰurstís—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰr̥s-tí-s—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰers-top, tip, point
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰers- →