Where does “serrate” come from?

serrate (English) comes from Latin serratus, from Latin serrō, 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.

serrate (English): Having tooth-like projections on one side, as in...

Definitions

  1. Having tooth-like projections on one side, as in...

Ancestry of “serrate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinserratussawn; serrated
2Latinserrōto saw up, or to pieces
3Latinserraa saw; a kind of sawfish; a serrated battle order
4Proto-Italicserzā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansers-eh₂—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansers-to cut off
7Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

Words derived from “serrate”

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