AUBURN

[ 'ɔ:bən , 'ɔ:bə:n ]

■ 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 ).