Where does “sorbum” come from?

sorbum (Latin) comes from Latin sorbus, from Indo-European *ser-.

sorbum (Latin): sorb, fruit of the service tree

Definitions

  1. sorb, fruit of the service tree

Ancestry of “sorbum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsorbussorb; service tree; "Sorbus domestica"
2Indo-European*ser-—

Words derived from “sorbum”

Every word from Indo-European *ser- →
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