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Where does “seerumitauti” come from?

seerumitauti (Finnish) comes from Finnish seerumi, from Latin Serum, from Proto-Indo-European sēr-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

seerumitauti (Finnish): serum sickness

Definitions

  1. serum sickness

Ancestry of “seerumitauti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseerumiserum
2LatinSerum—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansēr-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together
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