English

hatbrush

From hat + brush.

A compound of hat + brush

Proto-Germanic *hattuz ‘hat’

Proto-West Germanic *hattu ‘hat’

Old English hætt

Middle English hat ‘a hat or cap’

English hat

Frankish *bursti

Vulgar Latin *brustia

Old French broisse

Middle English brusshe

English brush

Today it means

noun A kind of clothesbrush for use on hats.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hatbrush