Etymology of the English word brown
the English word
brownderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bher-Derivations in English
brownstone,
embrown,
nutbrown,
brownout,
browned,
browningCognates
Dutch
bruin, French
brun, German
braun, Icelandic
brĂșnn, Italian
bruno, Spanish
bruno, Swedish
brun, Yiddish
brojnUsage
Word found in Modern English