confrairia

Old Occitan

Etymology

Medieval Latin confratria. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French confrairie.

Noun

confrairia f (oblique plural confrairias, nominative singular confrairia, nominative plural confrairias)

1. brotherhood (association of male members)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “frater”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 766