English

Sister Minoress

From sister + Minoress, q.v.

Proto-Indo-European *swésōr ‘sister’

Proto-Germanic *swestēr ‘sister’

Proto-West Germanic *swester ‘sister’

Old English sweostor ‘sister’

Middle English suster ‘sister’

Proto-Italic *minōs ‘less’

Latin minor ‘little, lesser’

Medieval Latin minorissa

Today it means

noun Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Sister Minoress