Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Broth

Broth ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Anglo-Saxon broe; akin to Old High German brod, brot; compare Ir. broth, Gael. brot. r93. Compare Brewis, Brew.]

Liquid in which flesh (and sometimes other substances, as barley or rice) has been boiled; thin or simple soup.
I am sure by your unprejudiced discourses that you love broth better than soup. — Addison