More resembling or containing broth; having more of the qualities of a soup made by simmering meat or vegetables in water.
From broth (Old English broþ, from Proto-Germanic *bruþaz meaning 'brew') plus -y suffix (making it an adjective), then -er for comparative form. The word evolved to describe things with broth-like qualities.
This word shows how English speakers took a concrete thing (broth) and created a whole family of related words through suffixes—brothier, brothiest, brothy—all to describe variations in how soup-like something is. It's like linguistic efficiency!
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