Where does “bruto” come from?
bruto (Slovene) comes from German brutto, from Italian brutto, from Latin brūtus, from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European -us — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.
bruto (Slovene): gross
Ancestry of “bruto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | brutto | gross |
| 2 | Italian | brutto | ugly, bad, nasty; ugly person; first-person... |
| 3 | Latin | brūtus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷréh₂us | heavy |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -us | Forms adjectives from Caland system roots |