The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰer-“to carve, cut, split, rub”
- Italian · borrowed frombordello
- English todaybordello
From Italian bordello. Distantly related to brothel, through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carve, cut, split, rub”). Doublet of bordel. By surface analysis, Latin borda + Italian -ello (“diminutive”).
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*bʰer- all →
offerburdensufferbarrelborebaronbarmbierfortuitousfurtiveprofferinsufferableburnishburgeonabearsufferable
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.