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Noun
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brother (a male sibling)

"My bro helped me move all my boxes to the new apartment."

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Origin

The slang term bro is a clipped version of the word brother, which ultimately traces back to an ancient Proto-Indo-European root meaning "older male sibling." This same ancestral root also gave rise to similar words for brother in modern Scandinavian languages like Danish and Norwegian.

Rhyming Words
ebro dobro umbro ambro fibro vibro lezbro newbro lesbro hasbro carbro barbro lambro cambro gabbro cerebro dudebro stepbro lax bro gym bro
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