brood
English
/bɹuːd/
noun
Definitions
- The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
- (uncountable) The young of any lay an egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.
- (countable) The eggs and larvae of social insects such as bees, ants and some wasps, especially when gathered together in special brood chambers or combs within the colony.
- (countable) The children in one family; offspring.
- That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
- Parentage.
- (mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English brood inherited from Old English brōd (hatching, foetus, breeding, brood) inherited from Proto-Germanic *brōduz (brood, heat, warmth, breeding) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (steam, vapour, mist, breath, warm).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰreh₁-
Gloss
steam, vapour, mist, breath, warm
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
息
Emoji
☕️ ♨️ 🍜 🚂
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abrood English
- broad English
- brooder English
- broodest English
- broodeth English
- broodfish English
- broodily English
- broodiness English
- broodless English
- broodlessness English
- broodling English
- broodsize English
- broodsome English
- broodstock English
- broody English
- chalk English
- chalkbrood English
- fish English
- foul English
- foulbrood English
- interbrood English
- intrabrood English
- mouthbrooder English
- overbrood English
- sac English
- sacbrood English
- size English
- stock English
- stone English
- stonebrood English
- brado Latin
- *bʰreh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrewh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *brōdijaną Proto-Germanic
- *brōduz Proto-Germanic
- brād Old English
- brōd Old English
- *brody Middle English
- abrod Middle English
- brood Middle English
- pruot Old High German
- *bruot Old Dutch