Where does “bofrer” come from?

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

bofrer (Mauritian Creole): brother-in-law

Definitions

  1. brother-in-law

Ancestry of “bofrer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbeau-frèrebrother-in-law
2Frenchfrèrebrother
3Old Frenchfrerebrother
4Latinfrāterbrother
5Proto-Italicfrātērbrother
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰréh₂tērbrother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰréh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Italic frātēr →Every word from Latin frāter →