fraternal

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova

   Fraternal twins are biovular.

2. 2
   adj

   of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men

   A fraternal order.

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Simplified etymology

Fraternal, recorded from late Middle English, derives from Latin frater, “brother.” The same Latin word ultimately gave English friar and fraternity.

Borrowed from Middle French fraternel, from Medieval Latin frāternālis (“fraternal”), from Latin frāternus (“of or pertaining to a brother, fraternal”), from frāter (“brother”).

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