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Where does “seruristo” come from?

seruristo (Ido) comes from Esperanto seruristo, from Esperanto seruro, from French serrure, from French serrer, from Old French serrer, from Vulgar Latin serrare, from Latin serāre, from Latin sēra — to ache; to fester; wound; injury.

seruristo (Ido): locksmith

Definitions

  1. locksmith

Ancestry of “seruristo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoseruristolocksmith
2Esperantoserurolock
3Frenchserrurelock
4Frenchserrerto tighten; to shake; to squeeze
5Old Frenchserrerto grip tightly; to shut
6Vulgar Latinserrareclose, shut; to close, shut; inflection of...
7Latinserāre—
8Latinsēra—
9Latinserō—
10Latinsērus—
11Proto-Italicswerjos—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanswer-yo-s—
13Proto-Indo-Europeanswer-to ache; to fester; wound; injury
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swer- →