sister-in-law
English
noun
Definitions
- A female relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage:
- (less common) co-sister-in-Co-sister-in-law: The wife of one's sibling-in-law.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English suster-in-lawe suffix from English sister.
Origin
English
sister
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- co-sister English
- co-sister-in-law English
- foresister English
- godsister English
- half sister English
- intersister English
- mersister English
- sister English
- sister-out-law English
- sisterdom English
- sisterfucker English
- sisterfucking English
- sistergirl English
- sisterhood English
- sisterji English
- sisterless English
- sisterlike English
- sisterly English
- sistern English
- sistership English
- stepsister English
- supersister English
- unsister English
- *swésōr Proto-Indo-European
- シスター Japanese
- in Middle English
- lawe Middle English
- sister Middle English
- suster Middle English
- suster-in-lawe Middle English
- 絲打 Chinese
- 시스터 Korean
- sista Tok Pisin
- سستر Gulf Arabic
- sista Pijin
- sista Kriol
- sista Nigerian Pidgin