Where does “brooding” come from?
Brooding derives from Middle English brood, Old English brād, Proto-Germanic brōduz, and Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₁-, a root associated with warmth and incubation.
brooding (English): Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them;...
Definitions
- Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them;...
Ancestry of “brooding”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | brood | The young of certain animals, especially a group... |
| 2 | Middle English | brood | broad |
| 3 | Old English | brād | broad, flat, open, extended, spacious, wide,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | braid | broad, wide |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | braidaz | broad, wide |
Words derived from “brooding”