auburn

Meanings

Noun

• A dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour.

Adjective

• Of a reddish-brown colour.

Origin

• Early Modern English auburn (“brown, reddish brown”) from Middle English aubourne, abron, abroune, abrune, alteration (due to conflation with Middle English brun ("brown")) of earlier auborne from Old French auborne, alborne from Medieval Latin alburnus ("whitish"), from Latin albus ("white"). More at albino, brown.