English
frate
Frate comes from Italian frate ‘brother’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰréh₂tēr‘brother’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*frātēr‘brother’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrāter‘brother’
- Italianc. 1300–presentfrate‘brother’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰréh₂tēr‘brother’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*frātēr‘brother’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrāter‘brother’
- Italianc. 1300–presentfrate‘brother’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr ‘brother’
brother, bro, pal, brethren, bhai, 13 more
through Latin frāter ‘brother’
through Italian frate ‘brother’
Today it means
noun A friar.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr / frate