English

abrood

Abrood comes from Middle English abrod.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Earliest quotation: 1821, George D'Oyly, Hendrik Slatius: “The word in the original (as St. Hierom tells…”

Formed from a- + brood

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- ‘breath, mist, vapour, steam’

Proto-Germanic *brōduz ‘heat, breeding’

Old English brōd

Middle English brood

English brood

Every English word from Middle English abrod

adv Upon a brood; on a hatch.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.