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Where does “fraternité” come from?

fraternité (French) comes from Old French fraternité, from Latin frāternitās, from Latin frāternus, from French -iser, from Old French -iser, from Latin -izo, from Ancient Greek -ίζειν, from Ancient Greek -ίζω — he, she.

fraternité (French): brotherhood; fraternity

Definitions

  1. brotherhood; fraternity

Ancestry of “fraternité”, step by step

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