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Where does “sermoun” come from?

sermoun (Middle English) comes from Old French sermon, from Latin sermō, from Proto-Indo-European sermō, from Proto-Indo-European sēr-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

sermoun (Middle English): A talk or speech by one person; A sermon; a...

Definitions

  1. A talk or speech by one person; A sermon; a...

Ancestry of “sermoun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsermonsermon
2Latinsermō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansermō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansēr-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

Words derived from “sermoun”

  • sermon
  • sermonic
  • sermonize
  • sermonette
  • sermonizer
  • sermonise
  • sermonlike
  • sermoning
  • sermonist
  • sermonical
  • sermonet
  • sermonistic
  • sermonless
  • sermonically
  • sermoner
  • sermonish
  • postsermon
  • sermoneer
  • sermone
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