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Added 10 October 2026

broth

/bɹɔθ/ noun

In Latin: sorbitiō, iūs Wiktionary

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Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled.
A soup made from broth and other ingredients such as vegetables, herbs or diced meat.

Origin

From Middle English broth, from Old English broþ (“broth”), from Proto-West Germanic *broþ (“broth”), from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“broth”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to seethe, roil, brew”). By surface analysis, brew + -th (abstract nominal suffix).

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