Proto-Indo-European

*bʰréh₂tēr

‘brother’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

21 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr, most familiar first.

• brother ← brōþor ← *brōþer ← *brōþēr
• bro ← brother ← brother ← brōþor ← *brōþer
• pal ← phral ← भ्रातृ ← *bʰráHtā
• fraternity ← fraternite ← fraternité ← frāternitās ← frāternus
• brethren ← brethere ← brōþor ← *brōþer ← *brōþēr
• bhai ← भ्रातृ ← *bʰráHtā
• fra ← frate ← frāter ← *frātēr
• fraternal ← fraternel ← frāternālis ← frāternus ← frāter
• friar ← frere ← frere ← frāter ← *frātēr
• frater
• fratricide ← frātricīdium ← frāter ← *frātēr
• friary ← frater ← *frātēr

More words from *bʰréh₂tēr

• fraternization
• bhaiya
• fraternize
• frate
• phratry
• brothered
• brotherred
• brothern
• brothren

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr