Etymology

sororial

so·ror·i·al
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Today it means: Synonym of sororal (“of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters”). Full definition →

Latin sorōrius
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The story

  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromsorōrius“sisterly”
  2. English todaysororial

PIE word *swésōr Learned borrowing from Latin sorōrius (“sisterly”) + English -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Sorōrius is derived from soror (“sister”) + -ius (suffix meaning ‘belonging to’ forming adjectives).

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