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Where does “serra” come from?

serra (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic serzā, from Proto-Indo-European sers-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European sers-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

serra (Latin): a saw; a kind of sawfish; a serrated battle order

Definitions

  1. a saw; a kind of sawfish; a serrated battle order

Ancestry of “serra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicserzā—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansers-eh₂—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansers-to cut off
4Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

Words derived from “serra”

  • serrated
  • sierra
  • serratus
  • serrate
  • cerrado
  • cero
  • serry
  • unserrated
  • serrula
  • nonserrated
  • biserrate
  • serratirostral
  • Sierra Leone
  • Sierra Leonean
  • retroserrate
  • supraserratus
  • serrous
  • serranoid
  • Sierra Leonian
  • Sierra Blanca
  • infraserratus
  • serrare
  • serrago
  • serrans
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