The meaning "male person in relation to any other person of the same ancestry" in English is from late 14c. The sense of "member of a mendicant order" in English is from c. 1500. As a familiar term of address from one man to another, it is attested from 1912 in U.S. slang; the...
bhrāter-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "brother." It forms all or part of:br'er;brethren; brother;bully(n.);confrere;fraternal;fraternity;fraternize;fratricide;friar;friary;pal. It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskritbhrátár-, Old ...
E.g. Greek adelphos, probably originally an adjective with frater and meaning, specifically, "brother of the womb" or "brother by blood;" and Spanish hermano "brother," from Latin germanus "full brother." As a familiar term of address from one man to another, it is attested from 1912...
Raksha Bandhan, also known as Rakhi, is a Hindu tradition that honors the deep bond of love and support between siblings. Its name originates from the Sanskrit words “Raksha,” meaning protection, and “Bandhan,” meaning bond. This festival revolves around the custom of ...
Uncle is also derived from a French word of the same meaning,oncle, and like aunt, your parent’s brother’s moniker has also been around since the 13th century. The Old French word was itself a child of a Latin word,avunculus, which meant “mother’s brother,” or literally, “littl...
aHe was in the company of several thousand scholar-monks, whom he praised. Xuanzang studied logic, grammar, Sanskrit, and the Yogacara school of Buddhism during his time at Nalanda. René Grousset notes that it was at Nalanda that Xuanzang met the venerable Silabhadra, the monastery's ...
brother:[OE] The wordbrotheris widespread throughout the Indo-European languages. The Indo-European form was *bhrāter, from which are descended, among many others, Latinfrāter(as in Englishfraternal), Greekphrátēr, Sanskritbhrātr, and Bretonbreur. Its Germanic descendant was *brōthar, which...
brother:[OE] The wordbrotheris widespread throughout the Indo-European languages. The Indo-European form was *bhrāter, from which are descended, among many others, Latinfrāter(as in Englishfraternal), Greekphrátēr, Sanskritbhrātr, and Bretonbreur. Its Germanic descendant was *brōthar, which...
brother: [OE] The wordbrotheris widespread throughout the Indo-European languages. The Indo-European form was *bhrāter, from which are descended, among many others, Latinfrāter(as in Englishfraternal), Greekphrátēr, Sanskritbhrātr, and Bretonbreur. Its Germanic descendant was *brōthar, whic...
"brother of one's husband or wife," also "brother of one's sister's husband," c. 1300;… See origin and meaning of brother-in-law.