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Where does “serere” come from?

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

serere (Latin): present active infinitive of serō; second-person...

Definitions

  1. present active infinitive of serō; second-person...

Ancestry of “serere”, step by step

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

Words derived from “serere”

  • series
  • season
  • dissertation
  • seasonal
  • seasoning
  • seasonally
  • seasonable
  • seasonality
  • satiate
  • miniseries
  • postseason
  • preseason
  • seriatim
  • sation
  • saison
  • seriation
  • midseason
  • satiating
  • subseries
  • nonseasonal
  • unseasonal
  • uniseriate
  • multiseriate
  • seriate
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