Where does “frere” come from?

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

frere (Middle English): any of one's male associates, friends, buddies,...

Definitions

  1. any of one's male associates, friends, buddies,...

Ancestry of “frere”, step by step

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

Words derived from “frere”

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