Etymology

hermandad

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Today it means: A military peacekeeping association in medieval Spain. Full definition →

Spanish hermandad ← Latin germānitātem ← Proto-Italic *genamen
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁mn̥
  3. Proto-Italic*genamen
  4. Latin*genmen
  5. Latingermen
  6. Latingermānus
  7. Latingermānitātem
  8. Spanishhermandad
  9. English todayhermandad

Borrowed from Spanish hermandad (“brotherhood”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.