Inherited fromProto-Slavic*bràtьcь.
бра́тец• (brátec) m anim (genitiveбра́тца,nominative pluralбра́тцы,genitive pluralбра́тцев)
- (colloquial)brother,bro, old fellow, dear friend(friendly or condescendingly, also as a form of address)
1906,Александр Куприн,Обида; English translation from Samuel Solomonovich Koteliansky and John Middleton Murry, transl.,The Outrage,1925:Сторож, принеси-ка мне,братец, лимонаду и рюмку английской горькой!- Storož, prinesi-ka mne,bratec, limonadu i rjumku anglijskoj gorʹkoj!
- Porter, bring me a lemonade and a glass of English bitter, there's agood fellow.