Etymology

soror

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Today it means: A sorority sister; a fellow member of one's sorority. Full definition →

Latin soror
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromsoror“sister”
  2. English todaysoror

PIE word *swésōr Shortening; also from Latin soror (“sister”), akin to frater from Latin frāter (“brother”). Doublet of sister.

Words from the same roots

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