Where does “serous” come from?
Serous comes from French séreux, from Latin serosus, from Latin serum, from Proto-Indo-European ser-.
serous (English): Containing, secreting, or resembling serum;...
Definitions
- Containing, secreting, or resembling serum;...
Ancestry of “serous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | séreux | serous |
| 2 | Latin | serosus | — |
| 3 | Latin | Serum | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sēr- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |
Words derived from “serous”