Etymology

brochacho

B3R1O1C3H4A1C3H4O1

Today it means: A term of endearment for a friend or brother. Full definition →

English muchacho ← Spanish muchacho ← Middle English brother
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰréh₂tēr
  2. Proto-Germanic*brōþēr
  3. Proto-West Germanic*brōþer
  4. Old Englishbrōþor
  5. Middle Englishbrother
  6. Englishbrotherclip.
  7. Englishbro
  8. Spanishmozo
  9. Spanishmochacho
  10. Spanishmuchacho
  11. Englishmuchacho
  12. English todaybrochacho

Blend of bro + muchacho.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.