Friar MinorWiktionary 原文英美词源链nrffreres menures↓ 派生古法语Old French约 8–14 世纪freres meneurs↓ 派生中世纪拉丁语Medieval Latin约 500–1500 年Fratres Minores‘the Lesser Brothers’↓ 派生英语EnglishFriar Minor词源说明A calque of Medieval Latin Fratres Minores (“the Lesser Brothers”), both directly and via Old French freres meneurs and Norman freres menures, a name supposedly chosen by St Francis to inculcate humility.释义名词noun1(Catholicism) Synonym of Franciscan: a member of the Order of the Friars Minor.