Etymology of the English word brunette
the English word
brunettederived from the French word
brunettederived from the Old French word
brunetderived from the Old French word
brunderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bher-Date
The earliest known usage of brunette in English dates from the 17th century.
Cognates
Dutch
brunette, German
brünett, Norwegian
brunett, Swedish
brunettUsage
Word found in Modern English
