English
fraternal
Fraternal comes from Latin frāternus ‘of or pertaining to a brother, fraternal’, 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’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrāternus‘of or pertaining to a brother, fraternal’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500frāternālis
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600fraternel
- Englishearliest quotation 1844fraternal
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’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrāternus‘of or pertaining to a brother, fraternal’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500frāternālis
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600fraternel
- Englishearliest quotation 1844fraternal
Earliest quotation: 1844, Roswell Park, Pantology; or a systematic survey of human knowledge: “By Cognate or Domestic duties, we mean those which…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr ‘brother’
brother, bro, pal, brethren, bhai, 13 more
through Latin frāter ‘brother’
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to a brother or brothers.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr / fraternal