Bromble
/ˈbrɒm.bəl/noun
A dialectal or variant form of bramble, especially a prickly blackberry or raspberry bush.
Did you know?Bromble is a regional variant of bramble, whose early forms were associated with prickly shrubs and are historically related to broom through an ancient Germanic plant-name root.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
Germanic
*brēmōn-
“A thorny or brush-like plant name, reconstructed as an ancestor of later Germanic forms.”
Old English
Old English
brēmel
“Bramble; a prickly shrub producing berries.”
Middle English
Middle English
brembel / bromble
“Regional and dialectal forms referring to a bramble or blackberry bush.”
14th–16th Century
English
bramble
“The thorny shrub, especially one bearing blackberries; bromble remained a variant in some dialects.”
Modern English
English
bromble
“A dialectal or variant name for bramble, chiefly used regionally or historically.”