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Where does “bro” come from?

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

bro (Welsh): region, country, land, neighbourhood, native...

Definitions

  1. region, country, land, neighbourhood, native...

Ancestry of “bro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Welshbro—
2Proto-Brythonicbroɣcountry, region, territory
3Proto-Celticmrogisborder, borderland, march, mark; region, country,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border
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