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protobrosis
Protobrosis comes from Ancient Greek βρῶσις ‘eating’, from βιβρώσκω ‘I eat’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷerh₃-‘to swallow, devour, eat’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷi-gʷr̥h₃-sḱé-tireconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*gʷigʷrṓskōreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβιβρώσκω‘I eat’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEβρῶσιςbrôsis‘eating’
- Englishtodayprotobrosis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷerh₃-‘to swallow, devour, eat’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷi-gʷr̥h₃-sḱé-tireconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*gʷigʷrṓskōreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβιβρώσκω‘I eat’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEβρῶσιςbrôsis‘eating’
- Englishtodayprotobrosis
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- ‘to swallow, devour, eat’
gorge, devour, quirk, voracious, herbivorous, gurgle, 24 more
through Ancient Greek βιβρώσκω ‘I eat’
Today it means
noun The first meal after a complete fast; the meal that ends or breaks a fast.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- / protobrosis