English
brocon
Brocon comes from Japanese ブラザーコンプレックス ‘brother complex, brocon’, from Latin complector ‘to embrace or hug’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to fold, plait, weave’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-‘to fold, plait, weave’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plektōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplectō‘to plait, weave, braid’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcomplector‘to embrace or hug’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcomplexu
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcomplexe
- English1500–presentcomplex
- Japanesemodernブラザーコンプレックス‘brother complex, brocon’
- Japanese, derivedmodernブラコン
- Englishearliest quotation 2006brocon
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-‘to fold, plait, weave’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plektōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplectō‘to plait, weave, braid’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcomplector‘to embrace or hug’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcomplexu
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcomplexe
- English1500–presentcomplex
- Japanesemodernブラザーコンプレックス‘brother complex, brocon’
- Japanese, derivedmodernブラコン
- Englishearliest quotation 2006brocon
Earliest quotation: 2006, Abraham Evangelista, Re:Protecting the Children at anime cons: “Heck, it's not too hard to find incest themes…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to fold, plait, weave’
apply, display, employment, reply, employ, explicit, exploit, imply, deploy, replica, implicit, ploy, ply, inexplicable, complicate, fiasco, flax, accomplice, complication, flack, supple, complicity, implicate, pliable, triplicate, supplication, pliant, splay, explication, flagon, 34 more
through Latin plectō ‘to plait, weave, braid’
through Latin complector ‘to embrace or hug’
through French complexe
Today it means
noun Strong attachment or attraction to one's own brother.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- / brocon