sororidad

Spanish

Etymology

From Renaissance Latin sorōritās, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin soror (“sister”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Akin to Portuguese sororidade, French sororité, English sorority.

Noun

sororidad f (plural sororidades)

1. sorority
   1. a female fraternity; a sisterhood (a fraternal group composed exclusively of females)
   2. a social organization of female students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters

Related terms

• fraternidad
• hermana
• hermandad