Where does “fraternity” come from?
Fraternity comes from Old French fraternité, from Latin fraternitas, derived from Latin frater meaning brother, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰréh₂tēr.
fraternity (English): The quality of being brothers or brotherly;...
Definitions
- The quality of being brothers or brotherly;...
Ancestry of “fraternity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | fraternité | brotherhood; fraternity |
| 2 | Latin | frāternitās | brotherhood |
| 3 | Latin | frāternus | brotherly, fraternal |
| 4 | French | -iser | -ise/-ize |
| 5 | Old French | -iser | -ize |
| 6 | Latin | -izo | Used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ίζειν | present active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |