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· Vulgar Latin
*brodiculāre
2 English words descend from Vulgar Latin
*brodiculāre
, most common first.
broil
To cook by direct, radiant heat.
embroil
To bring (something) into a state of confusion or uproar; to complicate, to confuse, to jumble.