Etymology of the French word brun
the Old French word
brunderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bher-Date
The earliest known usage of brun in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in French
brunâtre,
brunet,
embrunir,
brunete,
brunir,
bruneDerivations in other languages
Romanian
brunCognates
Dutch
bruin, English
brown, German
braun, Icelandic
brúnn, Italian
bruno, Spanish
bruno, Swedish
brun, Yiddish
brojnUsage
Word found in Old French
