"state of being a sister," late 14c., from sister + -hood. Meaning "a society of sisters" (usually a religious order) is from 1590s; sense of "women having some common characteristic or calling" is from c. 1600.
sis-boom-bah
sissify
sissy
sist
sister
sisterhood
sister-in-law
sisterly
Sistine
Sisyphean
Sisyphus