Etymograph

English

brut

Brut comes from French brut ‘raw’, from Latin brūtus ‘heavy’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *gʷrūtos.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷrūtos1‘heavy’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbrūtus2‘heavy’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400brut2
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600brut2
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentbrut2‘raw’
  6. Englishtodaybrut2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin brutus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English brut

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷrūtosWiktionary, Latin brutus‘heavy’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbrūtusWiktionary, English brut‘heavy’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400brutWiktionary, English brut
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600brutWiktionary, English brut
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentbrutWiktionary, English brut‘raw’
  6. EnglishtodaybrutWiktionary, English brut

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- ‘heavy’

bar, guru, brigadier, gravitate, aggravation, brio, brigand, 19 more

through Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us ‘heavy’

grave, gravity, grief, grieve, grievous, grievance, aggravate, gravitation, gravitas, barite, baryon, 17 more

Today it means

adj very dry, and not sweet

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “brut”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin brutus. 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-Italic *gʷrūtos / brut

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