Sunday, May 10, 2009

Brown, in my words

brusc : brown

The Illunse word for brown is brusc. Le Brusc is a village in southern France. In Romanian brusc translates to sudden, abrubtly.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for brown which is brĂșn or brun, and the Latin word for brown fuscus (dark colored, black or brown or dusky).

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