Etymograph

English

sodality

Sodality may come from French sodalité.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentsodalité1uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1916sodality1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English sodality
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1916, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: “On the wall of his bedroom hung an illuminated…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentsodalitéWiktionary, English sodalityuncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1916sodalityWiktionary, English sodality. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1916, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: “On the wall of his bedroom hung an illuminated…”

Every English word from French sodalité

Today it means

noun A fraternity, a society or association.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sodality”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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