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Where does “bro” come from?

bro (Breton) comes from Proto-Brythonic broɣ, from Proto-Celtic mrogis, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

bro (Breton): country

Definitions

  1. country

Ancestry of “bro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonicbroɣcountry, region, territory
2Proto-Celticmrogisborder, borderland, march, mark; region, country,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border
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