Where does “slab serif” come from?
slab serif (English) comes from English serif, from English Sheriff, from Middle English shirreve, from Old English scīrġerēfa, from Old English sċīr, from Old English burna, from Proto-West Germanic brunnō, from Proto-Germanic brunnô — to bear, carry.
slab serif (English): A kind of serif typeface characterized by thick, block-like serifs
Definitions
- A kind of serif typeface characterized by thick, block-like serifs
Ancestry of “slab serif”, step by step
slab serif traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English serif
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | serif | A short line added to the end of a stroke in... |
| 2 | English | Sheriff | (High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties |
| 3 | Middle English | shirreve | A sheriff; an individual responsible for a number... |
| 4 | Old English | scīrġerēfa | shire-reeve; sheriff |
| 5 | Old English | sċīr | bright; shire; county |
| 6 | Old English | burna | stream |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | brunnō | well, spring |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | brunnô | source; wellspring; fountain; brook; stream;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰréh₁wr̥ | well, spring, source |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrewh₁- | to boil; to brew |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰer- | to bear, carry |
via English slab
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | slab | A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid... |
| 2 | English | syllable | A unit of human speech that is interpreted by the... |
| 3 | Middle English | syllable | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | sillable | syllable |
| 5 | Old French | sillebe | — |
| 6 | Latin | syllaba | syllable; poems, verses |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | συλλαβή | conception, pregnancy; that which holds together,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | συλλαμβάνω | I collect, gather; I rally; I take hold of,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | σῠν- | together; with, together |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | σύν | beside, with |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | *ksún | beside, with |