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Where does “serrément” come from?

serrément (French) comes from French serré, from French serrer, from Old French serrer, from Vulgar Latin serrare, from Latin serāre, from Latin sēra, from Latin serō, from Latin sērus — to ache; to fester; wound; injury.

serrément (French): tightly; sparingly; stingily

Definitions

  1. tightly; sparingly; stingily

Ancestry of “serrément”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchserrétight; fine, cramped; strong
2Frenchserrerto tighten; to shake; to squeeze
3Old Frenchserrerto grip tightly; to shut
4Vulgar Latinserrareclose, shut; to close, shut; inflection of...
5Latinserāre—
6Latinsēra—
7Latinserō—
8Latinsērus—
9Proto-Italicswerjos—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanswer-yo-s—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanswer-to ache; to fester; wound; injury
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swer- →