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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brotherless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
broth-er-less
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without a brother.

Etymology

From Middle English brotherles, from Old English brōþorlēas, from Proto-West Germanic *brōþerlaus, equivalent to brother + -less. Cognate with West Frisian broerleas (“brotherless”), Dutch broederloos (“brotherless”), German bruderlos (“brotherless”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

brotherlessness

Questions

What does brotherless mean?
Without a brother.
Where does brotherless come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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