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Where does “eyebrow” come from?

Eyebrow comes from Middle English eȝebreu, from Old English ēaganbrū, a compound of ēagan (eye) and brū (brow).

eyebrow (English): The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the...

Definitions

  1. The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the...

Ancestry of “eyebrow”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englisheȝebreu—
2Old Englishēaganbrūeyebrow

Words derived from “eyebrow”

  • eyebrowless
  • eyebrowlike
Every word from Old English ēaganbrū →