Soror
/ˈso.roːr/noun
A Latin word meaning "sister."
Did you know?Latin *soror* comes from the same deep Indo-European root as English *sister*, showing how one family word split across languages and survived for thousands of years.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*swesor
“sister”
Proto-Italic
Italic
*swesor
“sister”
Old Latin
Latin
soror
“sister”
Classical Latin
Latin
soror
“sister; female sibling”
Modern English
English
sorority
“a women's social organization, especially at a college or university”