Bran definition
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Origin of bran
- Middle English from Old French of Celtic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Welsh Brân from brân raven
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Anglo-Norman bren, bran (“bran, filth”), from Gaulish brennos (“rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (compare Welsh braen ‘stench’, Irish bréan ‘rancid’), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁g- (compare Latin fragrāre ‘to smell strongly’, Dutch brak ‘hound’).
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