English
abrook
From a- + brook (“to endure”).
Formed from a- + brook ‘to endure’
Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’
Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’
Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’
English a-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- ‘to enjoy’
Proto-Germanic *brūkaną ‘to enjoy, use’
Proto-West Germanic *brūkan ‘to use, employ’
Old English brūcan ‘to enjoy, brook, use, possess, partake of, spend’
Middle English brouken ‘to use, enjoy’
English brook
Today it means
verb To brook; to endure.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / abrook