Etymograph

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’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-1‘to fold, plait, weave’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plektō1reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplectō1‘to plait, weave, braid’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcomplector1‘to embrace or hug’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcomplexu1
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentcomplexe1
  7. English1500–presentcomplex1
  8. Japanesemodernブラザーコンプレックス1‘brother complex, brocon’
  9. Japanesemodernブラコン1
  10. Englishearliest quotation 2006brocon1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English brocon
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2006, Abraham Evangelista, Re:Protecting the Children at anime cons: “Heck, it's not too hard to find incest themes…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-Wiktionary, English brocon‘to fold, plait, weave’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plektōWiktionary, English broconreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplectōWiktionary, English brocon‘to plait, weave, braid’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcomplectorWiktionary, English brocon‘to embrace or hug’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcomplexuWiktionary, English brocon
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentcomplexeWiktionary, English brocon
  7. English1500–presentcomplexWiktionary, English brocon
  8. JapanesemodernブラザーコンプレックスWiktionary, English brocon‘brother complex, brocon’
  9. JapanesemodernブラコンWiktionary, English brocon
  10. Englishearliest quotation 2006broconWiktionary, English brocon. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 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’

plexus, plait, 6 more

through Latin complector ‘to embrace or hug’

complexion, 1 more

through French complexe

complex

Today it means

noun Strong attachment or attraction to one's own brother.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “brocon”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- / brocon

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