Random curiosity...

[DeeCrowSeer]

Actually it isn't entirely random, but I wasn't sure where to find the information, and there are a lot of clever people here, so I hoped they could help:

I know the words for motherly, fatherly and brotherly love (maternal, paternal and fraternal), but when I tried to come up with the equivalent for sisterly love my mind drew a complete blank.

I'm writing a script with three female characters you see, and that stumped me a little. It's not hugely urgent, obviously... but I'd be interested to know.

Thank you.

[DukexArioch]

sisterly....?

[McTalbayne]

I could tell you the greek word for Brotherly love, but havent a clue about Sisterly.

[L'Etranger]

Looking at my daughters, I think sisterly love is a fairy tale


All the words you quoted have a Latin root, frater-nal, pater-nal, mater-nal ...the analogy would demand soror-nal, no? Hmmm, "sororific"?

[Mario]

The feminine equivalent is the somewhat obscure word "sororal".

[DeeCrowSeer]

That's what I thought, because in American films they have "fraternities" and "sororities", so I assumed that it would have that root... but it just sounds odd, doesn't it? Obviously it's rarely used, so L'Etranger is probably correct about it being a "fairy tale"... and having grown up with two older sisters, I'd have to agree. :)

Thanks everyone... even the Duke. :D

[McTalbayne]

Looking at my daughters, I think sisterly love is a fairy tale


All the words you quoted have a Latin root, frater-nal, pater-nal, mater-nal ...the analogy would demand soror-nal, no? Hmmm, "sororific"?

Sororific you say? Well i think thats TERR-Iffic! Mwaaahahahahaa. :oops: