Where does “serrated” come from?
Serrated comes from Latin serratus, the past participle of serra meaning saw, derived from Proto-Italic serzā and Proto-Indo-European ser-.
serrated (English): Notched or cut like a saw; Having a row of sharp...
Definitions
- Notched or cut like a saw; Having a row of sharp...
Ancestry of “serrated”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | serrate | Having tooth-like projections on one side, as in... |
| 2 | Latin | serratus | sawn; serrated |
| 3 | Latin | serrō | to saw up, or to pieces |
| 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 |