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frown — I. verb Etymology: Middle English frounen, from Middle French frogner to snort, frown, of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh ffroen nostril, Old Irish srón nose Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to contract the brow in displeasure or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Brythonic languages — For the individual language, see British language (Celtic). Brythonic Brittonic Geographic distribution: Wales, Cornwall, Brittany Linguistic classification: Indo European … Wikipedia
Lenguas britónicas — Distribución geográfica: Islas Británicas, Bretaña Países: Reino Unido … Wikipedia Español
frown — frowner, n. frowningly, adv. /frown/, v.i. 1. to contract the brow, as in displeasure or deep thought; scowl. 2. to look displeased; have an angry look. 3. to view with disapproval; look disapprovingly (usually fol. by on or upon): to frown upon… … Universalium
frown — [14] Probably the underlying notion of frowning is ‘snorting’ rather than ‘wrinkling the brows’. It comes from Old French froignier, which meant ‘snort’ as well as ‘frown’. It is assumed to have been adopted into French from a Celtic language of… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
frown — {{11}}frown (n.) 1580s, from FROWN (Cf. frown) (v.). {{12}}frown (v.) late 14c., from O.Fr. frognier to frown or scowl, snort, turn one s nose up, related to froigne scowling look, probably from Gaulish *frogna nostril (Cf. Welsh ffroen nose ),… … Etymology dictionary
bhel-3, bhlē- — bhel 3, bhlē English meaning: to grow, spread, swell Deutsche Übersetzung: “aufblasen, aufschwellen, sprudeln, strotzen” Material: O.Ind. bhüṇ ḍ a n. “pot, pan, vessel” (*bhüln da?); after Thieme (ZDMG. 92, 47 f.) here Av.… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
frown — [14] Probably the underlying notion of frowning is ‘snorting’ rather than ‘wrinkling the brows’. It comes from Old French froignier, which meant ‘snort’ as well as ‘frown’. It is assumed to have been adopted into French from a Celtic language of… … Word origins
