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Where does “sorbo” come from?

sorbo (Italian) comes from Latin sorbus, from Indo-European *ser-.

sorbo (Italian): service tree; rowan or other tree of the genus...

Definitions

  1. service tree; rowan or other tree of the genus...

Ancestry of “sorbo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsorbussorb; service tree; "Sorbus domestica"
2Indo-European*ser-—
Every word from Indo-European *ser- →