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brotherly

/ˈbɹʌðəli/BRUH-thur-lee
/ˈbɹʌðɚli/BRUH-thur-lee

Meaninglike a brother

Common meaning: kind and loyal

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bhar-‘bear, carry’source
  2. Old EnglishbroþorsourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishbrothersource
  4. Englishbrother‘a son of the same parents’
  5. Englishformed in English from brotherbrotherly‘kind and loyal’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from brother + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), BROTHER, p.79 · scan

Source words

  • broþor Old English · source word “a brother”

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