Where does the term "brand" come from???

Question

like brand clothes, shoes, utilities.....


I was thinkin it came from how farmers wuld brand cows n ish, and dey probably dont got the same design. but idk

Answer 1

The word itself is Old English and means "torch" or "from the fire". It is where the term for "branding" cattle came from, as ranchers would use a scorching iron to mark their cattle so as to tell them apart from another's herds.

And, as you mentioned, the term was carried over into textiles and such from that source.
The term "brand new" meant "fresh from the fire", such as a new sword, horseshoes, etc.
Shakespeare used the term "fire new".

Answer 2

It's an Old English word 'brand' derived from 'burn'; livestock was branded to prove ownership so a brand name was a name owned by the brander

Answer 3

Yeah, I think so, and that in turn must be related to the German word Brand, which means fire.