Sist(e)r [Sister, Sistr]

Morpheme

Sist(e)r [Sister, Sistr]

Type

free base

Denotation

female sibling, female member of a religious order

Etymology

Middle English sister, suster; Old English swustor, sweoster, sweostor

Evidence

sister, sistered, sisterhood, sistering, sisterly, sisters, sistren, stepsister

See Also

Soror