Etymology of the English word greenbrier
the English word
greenbrierderived from the English word
brierderived from the Old French word
bruyèrederived from the Latin root
*brucariaderived from the Late Latin word
brucus (locust; kind of wingless locust; caterpillar)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wer-derived from the English word
greenderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ghrē-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*gro-Usage
Word found in Modern English
