{"era":"current","word":"brownie","meaning":"a brown-colored thing, a small chocolate cake, or a household sprite in folklore","children":[{"era":"1200s","word":"brown","meaning":"brown, dark-colored","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"Proto-Germanic *brūnaz","meaning":"brown, dark-colored","children":[],"language":"Proto-Germanic"}],"language":"Middle English"},{"era":"1200s","word":"-ie","meaning":"diminutive suffix","children":[],"language":"Middle English"}],"language":"Modern English"}