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Where does “frattish” come from?

frattish (English) comes from English frat, from English fraternity, from Old French fraternité, from Latin frāternitās, from Latin frāternus, from French -iser, from Old French -iser, from Latin -izo — he, she.

frattish (English): Synonym of fratty

Definitions

  1. Synonym of fratty

Ancestry of “frattish”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfratShortened form of fraternity, college...
2EnglishfraternityThe quality of being brothers or brotherly;...
3Old Frenchfraternitébrotherhood; fraternity
4Latinfrāternitās—
5Latinfrāternus—
6French-iser-ise/-ize
7Old French-iser-ize
8Latin-izoUsed to form verbs from nouns and adjectives
9Ancient Greek-ίζεινpresent active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize
10Ancient Greek-ίζωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
11Proto-Hellenic-íďďō—
12Proto-Indo-European-idyéti—
13Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
14Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
15Chichewaiyehe, she
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