Etymology

brose

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Today it means: Oatmeal mixed with boiling water or milk. Full definition →

Old French broez ← Medieval Latin brodium ← Proto-Germanic *bruþą
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brose · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*bruþą“broth”
  2. Medieval Latin · derived frombrodium
  3. Old French · derived frombroez
  4. English todaybrose

From the Doric dialect of North East Scotland, from earlier browes, from Old French broez, nominative of broet (“stew, soup made from meat broth”) (French brouet) diminutive of breu, from Medieval Latin brodium, from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“broth”). See broth.

Brose · proper noun2

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Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*bruþą all →

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