Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hermandad

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

Syllables: her-man-dad
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A military peacekeeping association in medieval Spain.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁mn̥ Proto-Italic *genamen Latin *genmen Latin germen Latin germānus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin germānitātem Spanish hermandadbor. English hermandad Borrowed from Spanish hermandad (“brotherhood”).

Inflected Forms

hermandades (plural)

Questions

What does hermandad mean?: A military peacekeeping association in medieval Spain.
Where does hermandad come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁mn̥ Proto-Italic *genamen Latin *genmen Latin germen Latin germānus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin germānitātem Spanish hermandadbor. English hermandad Borrowed from Spanish hermandad (“brotherhood”).

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