Etymograph

English

brodo

Brodo comes from Italian brodo ‘broth’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- ‘to seethe’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰrewh₁-1‘to seethe’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰru(h₁)-to-m1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*bruþą2‘broth’reconstructed
  4. Frankishc. 250–700*broþ2reconstructed
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEbrodium2‘broth’
  6. Italianc. 1300–presentbrodo3‘broth’
  7. Englishtodaybrodo3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *bruþą
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Italian brodo
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English brodo

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰrewh₁-Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *bruþą‘to seethe’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰru(h₁)-to-mWiktionary, Proto-Germanic *bruþąreconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*bruþąWiktionary, Italian brodo‘broth’reconstructed
  4. Frankishc. 250–700*broþWiktionary, Italian brodoreconstructed
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEbrodiumWiktionary, Italian brodo‘broth’
  6. Italianc. 1300–presentbrodoWiktionary, English brodo‘broth’
  7. EnglishtodaybrodoWiktionary, English brodo

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- ‘to seethe’

brand, burn, purple, bread, bourbon, bourne, brew, fervor, fervent, ferment, brunt, brim, effervescent, porphyry, bren, purpura, briny, 39 more

through Proto-Germanic *bruþą ‘broth’

broth, 1 more

through Frankish *broþ

broil, 1 more

Today it means

noun A broth or stock in Italian cookery.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “brodo”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Germanic *bruþą, Italian brodo. 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 *bʰrewh₁- / brodo

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