Origin of sister
before 900; Middle English (noun) < Old Norse
systir; cognate with Old English
sweoster, Dutch
zuster, German
Schwester, Gothic
swistar; akin to Serbo-Croatian
sèstra, Lithuanian
sesuõ, Latin
soror (<
*swesor), Old Irish
siur, Welsh
chwaer, Sanskrit
svasar sister, Greek
éor daughter, niece
OTHER WORDS FROM sister
sis·ter·less, adjective sis·ter·like, adjective non·sis·ter, noun, adjectiveWords nearby sister
Example sentences from the Web for sister
British Dictionary definitions for sister
sister
/ (ˈsɪstə) /
noun
Word Origin for sister
Old English
sweostor; related to Old Norse
systir, Old High German
swester, Gothic
swistar