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sister
[ sis-ter ]
/ ËsÉȘs tÉr /
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noun
adjective
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Origin of sister
First recorded before 900; Middle English (noun) from Old Norse systir; cognate with Old English sweoster, Dutch zuster, German Schwester, Gothic swistar; akin to Serbo-Croatian sĂšstra, Lithuanian sesuĂ”, Latin soror (from unattested swesor ), Old Irish siur, Welsh chwaer, Sanskrit svasar âsister,â Greek Ă©or âdaughter, nieceâ
OTHER WORDS FROM sister
sis·ter·less, adjectivesis·ter·like, adjectivenon·sis·ter, noun, adjectiveWords nearby sister
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British Dictionary definitions for sister
sister
/ (ËsÉȘstÉ) /
noun
Word Origin for sister
Old English sweostor; related to Old Norse systir, Old High German swester, Gothic swistar
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