Where does “sérail” come from?
sérail (Middle French) comes from Italian serraglio, from Vulgar Latin serraculum, from Latin serāre, from Latin sēra, from Latin serō, from Latin sērus, from Proto-Italic swerjos, from Proto-Indo-European swer-yo-s — to ache; to fester; wound; injury.
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Words derived from “sérail”