bramble
English
/ˈbɹæmbəl/
noun
Definitions
- Any of many closely related thorny plants in the genus Rubus including the blackberry and likely not including the raspberry proper.
- Any thorny shrub.
- A cocktail of gin, lemon juice, and blackberry liqueur.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English brembel inherited from Old English bræmbel inherited from Proto-Germanic *brēmila-.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*brēmila-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Branton English
- berry English
- brambleberry English
- brambled English
- brambling English
- brambly English
- broom English
- broomball English
- broomcorn English
- broomie English
- broomland English
- broomless English
- broomlike English
- broomrape English
- broomsedge English
- broomstaff English
- broomstick English
- broomy English
- ling English
- whiskbroom English
- *brēmila- Proto-Germanic
- bræmbel Old English
- bræmel Old English
- *brambelberie Middle English
- bramline Middle English
- brembel Middle English
- broom Middle English
- brum Tok Pisin
- bloom Chinook Jargon
- burum West Uvean
- bulum Kumak