Where does “monobrowed” come from?

monobrowed (English) comes from English monobrow, 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.

monobrowed (English): Having a monobrow

Definitions

  1. Having a monobrow

Ancestry of “monobrowed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmonobrowA unibrow
2EnglishbrowThe ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow; The first...
3Middle EnglishbroweThe eyebrow; The brow; The eyelid
4Old Englishbrūan eyelash
5West Germanic*brāwu—
6Proto-Germanicbrūwōeyebrow
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃bʰrúHseyebrow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs →
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