brotherless

Meaning

Adjective

Origin

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

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