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Where does “bofrato” come from?

bofrato (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto frato, from Latin frāter, from Proto-Italic frātēr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰréh₂tēr — brother.

bofrato (Esperanto): brother-in-law

Definitions

  1. brother-in-law

Ancestry of “bofrato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantofratobrother; sibling
2Latinfrāter—
3Proto-Italicfrātērbrother
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰréh₂tērbrother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰréh₂tēr →