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Where does “serum” come from?

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

serum (Latin): whey; some other watery liquid; nominative neuter...

Definitions

  1. whey; some other watery liquid; nominative neuter...

Ancestry of “serum”, step by step

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

Words derived from “serum”

  • serum
  • sera
  • serous
  • antiserum
  • subserous
  • nonserum
  • serolin
  • immunoserum
  • serumless
  • serumal
  • intraserous
  • serosus
  • seraceum
  • siero
  • sierologia
  • sierosità
  • antisiero
  • sieroso
  • sérique
  • sérum
  • séreux
  • lactosérum
  • antissoro
  • soro
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