hermana
/eɾˈmana/ · A1 · noun · f
sister
👭 hermana ~ germane: from Latin germana, of the same germ, same parents
Latin soror germana meant a full sister, one from the same seed (germen). Spanish dropped soror and kept the adjective, so hermana is cousin to English germane and germinate. The h is silent: er-MA-na.