bro
/ˈbɹəʊ̯/ · noun
Meaning
- Brother (a male sibling).
- Brother (a comrade or friend; one who shares one’s ideals).
- Brother, my man, good sir; a friendly term of address for typically men.
- A frat boy or someone who espouses the fraternity bro culture.
- Someone, usually male, who aggressively evangelizes a person, concept or technology.
- A surname.
- Abbreviation of brown (eye or hair color).
Etymology / origin
PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr Proto-Germanic *brōþēr Proto-West Germanic *brōþer Old English brōþor Middle English brother English brotherclip. English bro Spelling pronunciation and clipping of brother. (Contrast bruh, which is a clipping of the pronunciation of brother rather than the spelling.) Compare Swedish bror.
- bror(Swedish)→
- bro (English)
- Relations: cog
Related words
Descendant words
- bro(Catalan) (bor)
- Bro(German) (bor)
- bro(Italian) (bor)
- бро(Russian) (bor)
- bro(Spanish) (bor)
- bro(Turkish) (bor)
- бро(Ukrainian) (bor)
- bro(Vietnamese) (bor)
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