Fraternize
/ˈfræt.ə.naɪz/noun
To associate or become friendly with people, especially with those one is not supposed to mix with.
Did you know?Fraternize descends from Latin *fraternus* (“brotherly”), ultimately tied to the same Indo-European root as *brother*, so its history is about kinship and alliance, not secrecy or sorcery.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰréh₂tēr
“brother”
Old Latin
Latin
frāter
“brother”
Latin
Latin
frāternus
“brotherly; of a brother”
Late Latin
Latin
fraternizāre
“to act like brothers; to make brotherly”
Middle French
French
fraterniser
“to associate as brothers”
18th Century
English
fraternize
“to associate in a friendly or brotherly way”