Where does “clothesbrush” come from?
clothesbrush (English) comes from English Brush, from Middle English brusshe, from Old French broisse, from Vulgar Latin brustia, from Icelandic bursti, from Proto-Germanic burstiz, from Proto-Germanic bʰurstís, from Proto-Indo-European bʰr̥s-tí-s — top, tip, point.
clothesbrush (English): A brush for the clothes
Ancestry of “clothesbrush”, step by step