Sororality
/ˌsɔːrəˈrælɪti/noun
A society or club for women, especially in a college or university.
Did you know?Its deepest root is the Proto-Indo-European *swesor-* meaning “sister,” the same ancestral source behind words for family, kinship, and female lineage across Indo-European languages.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*swesor-
“sister”
Latin
Latin
soror
“sister”
Late Latin
Latin
sororalis
“of a sister; sisterly”
19th Century
English
sorority
“a sisterhood; a society of women”
Modern English
English
sorority
“a women’s social organization, especially in a college setting”