Etymology

sorority

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Today it means: A group of girls or women associated for a common purpose; a sisterhood. Full definition →

Renaissance Latin sorōritās ← Latin soror ← Proto-Indo-European *swésōr
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*swésōr
  2. Latin · derived fromsoror“sister”
  3. Renaissance Latin · borrowed fromsorōritās
  4. English todaysorority

PIE word *swésōr From Renaissance Latin sorōritās, from Latin soror (“sister”), from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Akin to Spanish sororidad, Portuguese sororidade, French sororité.

Words from the same roots

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