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Old 08-25-2002, 02:12 PM
meheron meheron is offline
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The word Fraternity

Do you guys know where the word Fraternity or sorority came from? This is what my chapter has found (its on our web page now http://www.bsu.edu/web/theta/Intropage/introlinks.htm)

Fraternity comes from the Latin word fraternitas, that describes a feeling of love between two brothers. Its abstract interpretation is basically deep friendship between people, male or female. Since there is no such word as sorority' s, obviously we're a fraternity . . . for women. The word sorority was adopted in 1882 from the Latin sorer, meaning sister.

Has anyone else heard any other story?
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