Alas, "broth" comes from the Old English "breowan," to brew. "Brothel" comes from the Old English "breothan," to decay. Here I thought I was going to crack the etymological connection between soup and prostitution once and for all...
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LOL just googled those two words looking for a connection and behold - there's a blog post about that.
I was struck by sudden etymological clarity and thought I had too discovered the real connection between broth and brothel (those kinky soups) but never had expected to find a post about it from this very same year! Although wrong, in my mind they will always be linked ("did you know that brothel comes from....?"
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LOL just googled those two words looking for a connection and behold - there's a blog post about that.
You may be in luck after all:
https://blog.oup.com/2014/01/brothel-word-origin-etymology/
Me too! 😄
I was struck by sudden etymological clarity and thought I had too discovered the real connection between broth and brothel (those kinky soups) but never had expected to find a post about it from this very same year! Although wrong, in my mind they will always be linked ("did you know that brothel comes from....?"
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