Where does “sermoncino” come from?

sermoncino (Italian) comes from Italian sermone, from Latin sermō, from Proto-Indo-European sermō, from Proto-Indo-European sēr-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

sermoncino (Italian): a short sermon

Definitions

  1. a short sermon

Ancestry of “sermoncino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansermonelanguage, speech; Poetic work with moralistic and...
2Latinsermōa conversation, discussion
3Proto-Indo-Europeansermō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansēr-to flow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sēr- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sermō →