BREAM - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Verb
clean (a ship's bottom) with heat
Categories: Clean, Make clean
Meaning 2
Part of speech: Noun
flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae
Categories: Saltwater fish
Synonyms
Freshwater bream, Bream, Sea bream
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "bream" comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerek-. It started in Proto-Germanic *brehwanaz. Then it appeared in Proto-Germanic *brahsmǭ. Later, people used it in Proto-West Germanic *brahsmō. After that, it was Frankish *brahsma. Over time, it became Old French breme. Finally, it reached Middle English breme. Many other languages have similar words:.
- French: brème
- Dutch: brasem
- Old High German: brahsma
- German: Brasse
- German: brennen
🔗 Related Words
braid – A related word in the same word family.
broom – A related word in the same word family.
🧩 Fun Fact
Each language in this chain added phonetic changes that transformed the original sound.