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English word bright comes from Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (Bright, shining.), Proto-Germanic - į̄

*berhtaz (Proto-Germanic)

Bright, shining.

- į̄ (Proto-Germanic)

beorht (Old English)

Bright, clear.

*birhtį̄ (Proto-Germanic)

Brightness, splendor.

bryht (Old English)

beorhtu (Old English)

bright (Middle English)

bright (English)

(US, in the plural) The high-beam intensity of motor vehicle headlamps.. (neologism) A person with a naturalistic worldview with no supernatural or mystical elements.. (obsolete) splendour; brightness. An artist's brush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head. (archaic) Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; [...]

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