The name
Parbroath was first recorded in 1315 as
Partebrothoc, and may be of
Pictish origin. The first part is
*part-, the Pictish equivalent of
Welsh parth meaning "side, area, region" (<
Latin pars). The second is
*Brothoc, a former name for the nearby Fernie Burn, derived from a cognate of Welsh
brwd, with the diminutive suffix
-awc. ==References==