Where does “Freire” come from?

Freire (Galician) comes from Galician freire, from Old Occitan fraire, from Latin frāter, from Proto-Italic frātēr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰréh₂tēr — brother.

Freire (Galician): friar

Definitions

  1. friar

Ancestry of “Freire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianfreirefriar
2Old Occitanfrairebrother
3Latinfrāterbrother
4Proto-Italicfrātērbrother
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰréh₂tērbrother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰréh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Italic frātēr →Every word from Latin frāter →