fraternidad

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin frāter

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin frāternus

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Proto-Italic *-tāts

Latin -tās

Latin frāternitātembor.

Spanish fraternidad

Borrowed from Latin frāternitātem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾateɾniˈdad/ [fɾa.t̪eɾ.niˈð̞að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: fra‧ter‧ni‧dad

Noun

fraternidad f (plural fraternidades)

1. fraternity

   Coordinate term: sororidad

2. brotherhood

   Synonyms: hermandad, cofradía

Descendants

• → Tagalog: praternidad

Further reading

• “fraternidad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025