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Where does “serosus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “serosus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinSerum—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansēr-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

Words derived from “serosus”

  • serous
  • subserous
  • intraserous
  • séreux
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