{"era":"current","word":"brutality","meaning":"the quality of being cruel or violently harsh","children":[{"era":"1400s","word":"brutality","meaning":"state or quality of being brutal","children":[{"era":"1200s","word":"brutal","meaning":"cruel, savage, beastlike","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"brūtālis","meaning":"of a beast; coarse, cruel","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"brūtus","meaning":"heavy, dull, stupid","children":[],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Late Latin"}],"language":"Old French"}],"language":"French/English formation"}],"language":"Modern English"}