Etymology

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Today it means: Brother. Full definition →

English brother ← Middle English brother ← Old English brōþor
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰréh₂tēr
  2. Proto-Germanic*brōþēr
  3. Proto-West Germanic*brōþer
  4. Old Englishbrōþor
  5. Middle Englishbrother
  6. Englishbrother
  7. English todaybruvver

Representing the Cockney or Multicultural London English pronunciation of brother (th-fronting).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.