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Where does “Serum” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Serum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansēr-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together
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