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Where does “brust-bon” come from?

brust-bon (Middle English) comes from Old English brēostbān — breastbone.

Ancestry of “brust-bon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbrēostbānbreastbone

Words derived from “brust-bon”

  • breastbone
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