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English word brute comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂-
*gʷreh₂- (Proto-Indo-European)
*gʷr̥h₂éw- (Proto-Indo-European)
brutus (Latin)
Dull, stupid, insensible, unreasonable, irrational. Heavy, unwieldy.
brut (Middle French)
brute (English)
(archaic, UK, Cambridge University slang) One who has not yet matriculated.. (now, _, archaic) An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast. [from 17th c.]. A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person. [from 17th c.] Being unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless. [from 16th c.]. Brutal; cruel; fierce; [...]