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Where does “serricoltura” come from?

serricoltura (Italian) comes from Italian serra, from Italian serrare, from Vulgar Latin serrare, from Latin serāre, from Latin sēra, from Latin serō, from Latin sērus, from Proto-Italic swerjos — to ache; to fester; wound; injury.

serricoltura (Italian): greenhouse farming

Definitions

  1. greenhouse farming

Ancestry of “serricoltura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianserragreenhouse, glasshouse; third-person singular...
2Italianserrareto close, shut; to clamp
3Vulgar Latinserrareclose, shut; to close, shut; inflection of...
4Latinserāre—
5Latinsēra—
6Latinserō—
7Latinsērus—
8Proto-Italicswerjos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanswer-yo-s—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanswer-to ache; to fester; wound; injury

Words derived from “serricoltura”

  • serricoltore
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swer- →