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Where does “sira-sira store” come from?

sira-sira store (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano sira, from Spanish cierra, from Late Latin serare, from Latin sēra, from Latin serō, from Latin sērus, from Proto-Italic swerjos, from Proto-Indo-European swer-yo-s — to ache; to fester; wound; injury.

sira-sira store (Cebuano): a sari-sari store with limited merchandise

Definitions

  1. a sari-sari store with limited merchandise

Ancestry of “sira-sira store”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanosirato close; to shut; a door; a venereal disease
2Spanishcierra
3Late Latinserarefasten, bolt; second-person singular present...
4Latinsēra—
5Latinserō—
6Latinsērus—
7Proto-Italicswerjos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanswer-yo-s—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanswer-to ache; to fester; wound; injury
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swer- →