Where does “serranid” come from?
serranid (English) comes from Translingual Serranidae, from Translingual Serranus, from Latin Serranus, from Latin serra, from Proto-Italic serzā, from Proto-Indo-European sers-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European sers-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.
serranid (English): Any fish of the family Serranidae
Definitions
- Any fish of the family Serranidae
Ancestry of “serranid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Translingual | Serranidae | — |
| 2 | Translingual | Serranus | — |
| 3 | Latin | Serranus | — |
| 4 | Latin | serra | a saw; a kind of sawfish; a serrated battle order |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | serzā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sers-eh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sers- | to cut off |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |