Etymology Explorer
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Where does “sorbe” come from?
sorbe (Middle French) comes from Latin sorbum, from Latin sorbus, from Indo-European *ser-.
Ancestry of “sorbe”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
sorbum
sorb, fruit of the service tree
2
Latin
sorbus
sorb; service tree; "Sorbus domestica"
3
Indo-European
*ser-
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Words derived from “sorbe”
sorb
Every word from Indo-European *ser- →
Every word from Latin sorbus →
Every word from Latin sorbum →