Where does “unibrow” come from?

unibrow (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.

unibrow (English): A pair of eyebrows which meet in the middle

Definitions

  1. A pair of eyebrows which meet in the middle

Ancestry of “unibrow”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbrowThe ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow; The first...
2Middle EnglishbroweThe eyebrow; The brow; The eyelid
3Old Englishbrūan eyelash
4West Germanic*brāwu—
5Proto-Germanicbrūwōeyebrow
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃bʰrúHseyebrow

Words derived from “unibrow”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs →Every word from Proto-Germanic brūwō →Every word from West Germanic *brāwu →