Etymology of the English word brute
the English word
brutederived from the French word
brutederived from the Old French word
brutderived from the Latin word
brutus (heavy, unwieldy, inert)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷerə-Date
The earliest known usage of brute in English dates from the 15th century.
Derivations in English
brutish,
imbrute,
brutalismCognates
Dutch
bruut, English
brutal, French
brutal, French
brute, German
brutal, Italian
brutale, Norwegian
brutal, Provençal
brutal, Spanish
brutal, Swedish
brutalUsage
Word found in Modern English
