FRATERNITY - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Noun
a social club for male undergraduates
Categories: Club, Social club, Society, Guild, Gild, Lodge, Order
Synonyms
Brotherhood, Frat, Fraternity, Sodality
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "fraternity" comes from Latin frāternitās. It started in Old French fraternité. Then it appeared in Middle English fraternite.
🧩 Fun Fact
Each civilization borrowed this word because they encountered the concept through cultural contact.