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語源 1

Short for brothel-house (“house of prostitution”), from brothel (“a wretch; scoundrel; lecher; harlot; prostitute”) + house, influenced by bordel. For more on brothel (“a wretch”), see below.

名詞

brothel (複数形 brothels)

1. A house of prostitution.

同意語

See also Thesaurus:brothel

派生語

参考

• escort agency
• red-light district
• prostitute

語源 2

Middle English brothel, brodel, brodelle, brethel (“a wretch, a depraved man または woman”) (compare also Middle English bretheling (“a wretch”)), apparently from an unrecorded 古期英語 *brēoþel (“degenerative, corruptive”), related to 古期英語 ābrēoþan (“to unsettle, degrade, ruin, frustrate, degenerate, deteriorate, fall away”); 古期英語 ābroþen (“degenerate, base, trifling”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *breuþaną (“to fall apart; crumble”).

The expected modern English form would be *broddle (see fiddle); the failure of the change from /ðl/ to /dl/ may be because of the intervening schwa in the word's uninflected forms, influence from the verb, or most likely, a dialectal development (compare stathel besides staddle).

名詞

brothel (複数形 brothels)

1. (obsolete) A wretch; a depraved or lewd person.

アナグラム

• Holbert, blother