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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.

Ancestry of “Freire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianfreirefriar
2Old Occitanfrairebrother
3Latinfrāter—
4Proto-Italicfrātērbrother
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰréh₂tērbrother

Words derived from “Freire”

  • Freire
  • Freirean
  • Freirian
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