Where does “freire” come from?

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

Ancestry of “freire”, step by step

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

Words derived from “freire”

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