Where does “frère” come from?

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

frère (French): brother

Definitions

  1. brother

Ancestry of “frère”, step by step

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

Words derived from “frère”

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