brother: [OE] The word brother is widespread throughout the Indo-European languages. The Indo-European form was *bhrāter, from which are descended, among many others, Latin frāter (as in English fraternal), Greek phrátēr, Sanskrit bhrātr, and Breton breur. Its Germanic descendant was *brōthar, which, as well as English brother, has produced German bruder, Dutch broeder, and Swedish broder. => buddy, fraternal, pal
brother (n.)
Old English brotor, from Proto-Germanic *brothar (cognates: Old Norse broeir, Danish broder, Old Frisian brother, Dutch broeder, German Bruder, Gothic brótar), from PIE root *bhrater (cognates: Sanskrit bhrátár-, Old Persian brata, Greek phratér, Latin frater, Old Irish brathir, Welsh brawd, Lithuanian broterelis, Old Prussian brati, Old Church Slavonic bratru, Czech bratr "brother").
A highly stable word across the Indo-European languages. In the few cases where other words provide the sense, it is where the cognate of brother had been applied widely to "member of a fraternity," or where there was need to distinguish "son of the same mother" and "son of the same father." E.g. Greek adelphos, probably originally an adjective with frater and meaning, specifically, "brother of the womb" or "brother by blood;" and Spanish hermano "brother," from Latin germanus "full brother." As a familiar term of address from one man to another, it is attested from 1912 in U.S. slang; the specific use among blacks is recorded from 1973.
雙語例句
1. He shouted at his brother, his neck veins bulging.
他朝他的兄弟吼叫，脖子上青筋暴突。
來自柯林斯例句
2. "I wish I had a little brother," said Daphne wistfully.
“我希望有個小弟弟。”達夫妮傷感地說。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Shirley's brother is now a consultant heart surgeon in Sweden.
雪利的兄弟現在在瑞典做心臟外科高級顧問醫師。
來自柯林斯例句
4. At my brother's high school graduation the students recited a poem.