Where does “beau-frère” come from?

beau-frère (French) comes from French frère, from Old French frere, from Latin frāter, from Proto-Italic frātēr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰréh₂tēr — brother.

beau-frère (French): brother-in-law

Definitions

  1. brother-in-law

Ancestry of “beau-frère”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfrèrebrother
2Old Frenchfrerebrother
3Latinfrāterbrother
4Proto-Italicfrātērbrother
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰréh₂tērbrother

Words derived from “beau-frère”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰréh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Italic frātēr →Every word from Latin frāter →