Where does “brunet” come from?

brunet (French) comes from French brun, from Italian Bruno, from Medieval Latin brunus, from Frankish brūn, from Proto-Germanic *brūn, from Proto-Germanic brūnaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- — to pierce; to strike; brown.

brunet (French): dark-haired man

Definitions

  1. dark-haired man

Ancestry of “brunet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbrunbrown; brown-haired person
2ItalianBrunodark gray, almost black
3Medieval Latinbrunusbrown, brunet
4Frankishbrūnbrown, dark, shiny
5Proto-Germanic*brūn—
6Proto-Germanicbrūnazbrown
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerH-to pierce; to strike; brown

Words derived from “brunet”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic brūnaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic *brūn →
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