auburn
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
auburn /ˈɔːbən, ˈɔːbəːn/
▶noun a reddish-brown colour.
– origin ME: from OFr. auborne, from L. alburnus ‘whitish’, from albus ‘white’ (the word became assoc. with brown because in the 16th and 17th cents. it was often written abrune or abroun).
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