Where does “serratus” come from?
Serratus derives from Latin serratus, the past participle of a verb based on Latin serra meaning saw, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ser-.
serratus (English): Any of several muscles of the vertebral or costal...
Definitions
- Any of several muscles of the vertebral or costal...
Ancestry of “serratus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | serratus | sawn; serrated |
| 2 | Latin | serrō | to saw up, or to pieces |
| 3 | Latin | serra | a saw; a kind of sawfish; a serrated battle order |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | serzā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sers-eh₂ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sers- | to cut off |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |
Words derived from “serratus”