A rare or archaic term meaning related to or resembling broth, possibly influenced by botanical terminology.
Possibly a blend of 'broth' with the botanical suffix '-an' or Latin suffix '-anus', suggesting 'of or pertaining to broth.' The word appears in very limited historical texts and may be a scholarly coinage rather than natural speech.
Scientists and scholars sometimes invent Latinate words to fill perceived gaps, creating 'paper words' that exist in dictionaries but never in actual conversation—'brotan' might be one of these scholarly inventions that never caught on.
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