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- Proto-Indo-European*bʰréh₂tēr
- Proto-Germanic*brōþēr
- Proto-West Germanic*brōþer
- Old Englishbrōþor
- Middle Englishbrother
- Englishbrotherclip.
- Englishbro
- LatinRōma
- LatinRōmānus
- Latinrōmānicus
- Vulgar Latinrōmānicē
- Old Frenchromanz
- Old Frenchromaunt
- Englishromant
- Englishromantic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishromantically
- English todaybromantically
Blend of bro + romantically.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.