brawn

English

/bɹɔːn/

noun
Definitions
  • Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
  • Physical strength; muscularity.
  • (chiefly) head Head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat.
  • (UK) A boar.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English brawne derived from Old French braon (slice of meat, fleshy part, buttock) derived from Frankish *brādon derived from Proto-Germanic *brēdô (meat, muscle, flesh, roast) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrē- (burn, heat), *bʰrewh₁- (boil, brew, seethe, be hot, boil up, sprout, ferment, roil).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰrewh₁-

Gloss

boil, brew, seethe, be hot, boil up, sprout, ferment, roil

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

醸

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