Etymology

broth

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Today it means: Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled. Full definition →

Middle English broth ← Old English broþ ← Proto-West Germanic *broþ
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰrewh₁-“to seethe, roil, brew”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*bruþą“broth”
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*broþ“broth”
  4. Old English · inherited frombroþ“broth”
  5. Middle English · inherited frombroth
  6. English todaybroth

From Middle English broth, from Old English broþ (“broth”), from Proto-West Germanic *broþ (“broth”), from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“broth”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to seethe, roil, brew”). By surface analysis, brew + -th (abstract nominal suffix).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*bruþą all →

broilbroseembroil

Proto-Indo-European*bʰrewh₁- all →

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